murdo

This is interesting. If you are near the coast in your part of Altinkum, is it toosalty to water plants? I've heard artesian supplies can be salty near coastlines?
At the risk of sounding daft, do you "cap" it and only use electric/draw from when filling pools/watering gardens etc?

Darren

Your right- in some areas the water table is too salty to use- have a geological survey done of the water table first. Yes it is aways capped and there atre different pumping technologies yoiu ncan use. These typcially arent wells that you can look down into- just boreholes...a bit like me I fear...time to exit.

Ms Who

My old site is well fed and approx 3 mins to the beach - Not salty in that part of Mavisehir

Guz1

Our sitesi has an artesian well. It is used for filling the communal pool and each house has an outdoor tap which the Turkish residents use for watering their gardens where they grow all sorts of flowers, fruit and veg. According to our Baskan, the water is suitable for drinking although all houses have a mains water connection. We are very close to the sea.

This is a new well (last year) serving 50 houses. The well it replaced was deemed by the Council to be unsuitable because it wasn't deep enough. I posted details of the cost elsewhere on the forum.

earlybird

Does any one know the approx cost of such a well in the Yalikavak area?? Not too far from sea, but probably WELLLLL above sea level!!

Kato

do these wells have holding tanks and filters etc?
or is it just pumped up?

Gully Foyle

Small point, most wells in Turkey, especially near the coast, are not "artesian", they are simply "wells".

jcrian

I will be doing a write up on having a well(bore hole) installed when I have all the costs involved.Have plenty of photos to post.

Guz1

What's the difference?