I know nothing about construction, but sure looks to me like they’re digging a new well. I don’t know if this was planned all along or not…
My neighbors can afford to dig a deeper well!
NO FAIR!!!!Cleita (838 posts) (Reply to original post) October 17, 2016 at 3:24 pm
2. Isn't Maine a libertarian paradise?
That means people can pretty much do what they want on their property without much regard to their neighbors, community or planet. At least in my community, another one that allows too much freedom of action, property owners have to at least get a permit to dig a well. If you find they haven’t or object to it, at least it can be appealed to the planning commission, not that the are a big help most of the time.
And the reason this female assume Maine doesn't require permits is ...? It took me less than 10 seconds to discover that
Maine licenses well drillers In the same search results,
this well driller's FAQ page references, if not a formal permit process, regulations that must be complied with, as well as standards a licensed well driller must follow. And from
this webpage it can be seen that the State of Maine oversees the digging of wells, from licensing diggers to verifying compliance with state and local regulations. Those were in the top four results of my Google search of "maine permit to dig a well". "Cleita" could have learned this as easily as I did, but chose to
assume a "libertarian paradise" where any sort of abuse and stupidity reigns.
I will give "Cleita" this much. It does look like nasty NIMBYs have little ability to obstruct their neighbors' ability to drill a well to supply water to their home.
BTW, maybe it doesn't need explaining, but the sand in MT's water is from her well being nearly "dry" (pumping from the top of the water table), not from her neighbor's drilling (which is probably hundreds of yards away). Nothing she couldn't get fixed with $5000-$10000 and a week or so of drilling and pump installation (also licensed by the State of Maine). I'm not saying $5000-$10000 is chump change, just pointing out that the energy she's expending in whining would be better spent solving a problem that might make her property much less salable (IIRC, she's planning on selling and moving elsewhere).
(Corrected typos)