Are there low cost ways of people drilling their own water wells in poor countries?
826829
a well can be driven in with a hammer if the aquifer is not to deep, or can be dug, just like they have done and still do in the U.S.
379326
wells u can do without electricity but water i dont think can do with out without electricity do the things the hard way without water probably die...
416795
I would probably just go out to a poor developing country, maybe in Africa, and try to invest it in the infra structure of the country, maybe try to start a "free educational program" for any family supporting individual. Maybe I will just go there and try to relieve some suffering, in any of its forms, ask the people how would the money would keep itself being reinvested so that there could be some actual "change" among the people that were suffering.
517038
We drill holes and pump the oil out. The best wells then inject something in the oils place to keep the ground from sinking and maximize the oil you can get. The cost varies greatly depending where and how deep the oil is. If it is 200 feet down in your backyard, not too much. If it is in the Bearing Sea, a ton.
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Lesser-Developed Countries
128178
depends on well type. one type uses a drill to actualy drill through the rock. another, percution, pounds its way through the rock. the drill type can do a whole well in  a couple of hours. the other may take more than a day, but some say that pounding through the rock breaks up the aquifer better and gives you beter water flow... PS, sometimes it is good to tell the drill operator to go further down in the aquifer, when you get droughts, your nehbors(if they have shalower wells) may go dry while your well will keep going longer. this will cost more, but may give you beter supply of water in the years to come. it is an investment, remember, aquifers aint going to rise above your pump, but they may run shalower.
564536
they suck is all i know millions of barrels of oil outta the ground and charge lots of money for it .can you imagine drilling for water and hitting that black crap and think water sells by the gallon now to if they could charge for air they would watch out some day there will be a charge .
814014
That would be cost prohibitive for the average person.\n\nCreating a small Pond on your own property would cost you many 1000s of dollars.\n\nThere are too many challenges to list here at this time.\n\nHowever, The US Army Corp. of Engineers are experts in this area.\n\nTry this site first:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=PCTA,PCTA:2006-41,PCTA:en&q=army+corp+of+engineers\n\nGood Luck
1026926
your well could be running low/shallow. Im not sure what area you live in but here in georgia the wells are just about dried up.\nYour housing for the well may need an overhaul or new pump. If you are tapped into a spring you may just need to dig deeper and also you need to find out if your neighbors are getting water supply from the same vein. Had a neighbor once who was on the same vein and we had plenty of water until he grew a 5 acre garden and insisted on watering it every day rain or shine so he dug deeper and hit iron pyrite (spelling) thus rendering the water undrinkable.
616028
Yes - but inventing a method, and even having a patent, doesn't mean the technique has any economic value.\n\nAll the various ways known to use water as a fuel cost WAY more than the alternatives, such as petroleum, EVEN WITH $70/Brl oil!\n\nSo it's not enough that it's possible, it also has to be economical.\n\nSo far, none are!\n\nYou still have a chance to become rich and famous by doing it!
589468
id say keep them money will come...  I'm in Louisville KY- by the end of this summer it will be almost $5 a gallon- its already $2.85+  don't loose it. we still have a untapped source in Alaska.  you know as well as i do that our politicians wont tap it until the rest of the world is dry.  then when they finally do it will be ridiculous. you will be rich.
211177
I can tell you what we did during the water shortage in Santa Barbara a few years back.  One thing was to fill a two liter bottle of water and place it in each toilet.  that way, the 2 liters stayed in the tank, and only the remainder was washed down, same result, less water.\n\nAnother tip was to put wash basins in each sink, and capture the water to be reused until dirty, and then pour it down the toilet for the next use, instead of flush.  (This is not meant to be bathroom humour).  We switched to using disposable plates and tableware, no dishwashing, except cook pots.\n\nOf course, only do laundry when you have a full washer load.  Or better yet, take the laundry to the laundramat.  Join a health club, or YMCA, and take as many of your showers as you can at the club, instead of home.  One favorite suggestion of young people, is shower with someone, for more efficient use of water.\n\nReplace your lawn with a water efficient landscape.
192391
Will kid, it will be along time coming,President Richard M Nixon had quite allot of wells caped in the 70's Saving them as reserves for the faucher. And there are several undrilled wells to be drilled.We don't need Aarika oil,It just makes money for the Bush family,and there crone's. When the time Com's we can use synthetics,Alcohol burns rill good.NASCAR has bin using it for years.And NANSA has bin using hydrogen for year's as well.
1129055
Uncap Our oil wells. We have plenty of Our own oil but the libleft  won't vote yes to open them up. We are working on alternatives but its gonna be a long time before we get there, so if we don't start drilling Our own and start modernizing Our refineries the price is just gonna keep on going up. You can't have it both ways.
463812
first and most expencive part it finding a natural geothurmal vent that is not on BLM land. then the cost of the wellhead. and pipes that will not corode from the elements that are inhearent in natural water.
468337
there are some chmicals you can buy for cheap but the free way is to spit into them and rub it , then rinse with water and ware.\nDon't be disgusted, the navy seals and scubadivers do it
552898
How rich and how poor are we talking about?\n\nIm pretty sure rich people would not swim anywhere were there are dirt poor people there\n\nBut i have seen poor people and rich people surfing the same waves at the ocean, the ocean doesnt care how much you make..