Well No. 8

Methodist Bible Institute

 Technical Details

 

Sponsor:    Cannon United Methodist Church Sunday School Classes and The Memorial United Methodist Church

Drilling date: May 4 to June 18, 2004

Location:   Asunción suburb - latitude/longitude unknown

Elevation:     Unknown

Total cost:    $ 2,460

Drill depth:    41 meters (135 ft.)

Soil types encountered:    Sandy clay; loose, fine sand; thin layers of sandstone

Static groundwater level:      15.4 meters below ground surface

Dynamic groundwater level:    19.5  meters

Installed well depth:   38.8 meters

Length of screened section:   18 meters

Length of gravel packed section:  22 meters

Length and type of sealed section:  Approx. 1 meter of bentonite pellets

Pump description:    1 hp three-phase electric submersible

Depth to base of pump:   28 meters

Flow rate:   1,400 liters/hour

Water analysis results: Not yet tested

 

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