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9 years ago

Drilling for Water on Land in Rivera

9 years ago
I am in Rivera and have 22 hectares and trying to find a honest and competent Driller for water supply to a coming house on the land.

It seems that only 6 are legally registered in Uruguay, I want to have the job done right at a fair price but have no way to determine which Driller can provide that.

Any suggestions would be helpful, If i can't find one within next couple of weeks i will go with:

Eula y Alvez
Barrio Paso de la Estiva
Rivera Uruguay

What makes me nervous is when i approached this guy he said he knew the area where my land was, there was good water, and should be about 30 meters down. When we went to the land, he had picked up dowsing rod, the depth magically became 60 to 70 metres effectively doubling/more the original guesstimate.

Second question i have is one of piping material. I do not prefer plastic (pvc) based on health reasons of leaching, i also am not keen on iron for rusting or of "steel" (he has not said stainless and i am guesing this is going to come from china, another strike against quality). What i do feel comfortable with is copper but he says it is impossible/very-difficult and responded with another possible option of bronze. I would be interested in anyone else's views on this subject.

thanks,
shawn
shawnriley.123 skype

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