fishinrod, yer discussion of stress fields is fascinating. in my area of the sierra foothills, the predominant structural trend of faulting, paleo fracture, metamorphic foliation and cleavage (settle down JHAP) is northwest/southeast with more than one generation of cross-cutting intrusions (quartz veins). what does any of that mean for finding water, and/or attempting to drive (hyrdro) fractures in good directions? i dont have a clue.
well as i said fishinrod, food for thought. i can only imagine the wife's reaction at the cost to get another rig out here, run 420 foot of steel casing down, perform a maneuver that could either give us water, not give us water, or ruin the well...
but to answer yer question, yes on the geology background. igneous petrography, geochemistry, and applied geol. (site investigation/remediation).........and BTW, lookin forward to yer "idiotific" pond plans
otto, that always amazes me......and i try not think about this anymore.....grasp the fact that 1 acre of water 1-inch deep is about 27,000 gallons, which if yer evap rate is 1-inch a day (which it can be here), and no other water supply, you would need a steady ~18 gpm well running 24/7 to keep up a 1 acre pond.
