I forgot to mention the second house well pump was UNDER the screened in porch for my kitchen. Meaning the well head was not exposed when we bought the house(vintage 1972). The porch had a brick floor. Under the brick was a couple inches of sand and then a concrete patio. Installed by one of the previous owners.
We found the location by taking off the connection inside the basement wall and sticking an electrical fish tape into the pipe(14’). That was about 3’ inside the corner of the porch on the end of the house.
The guys from the well company had to bring in a cutoff saw to cut through the concrete. Down 7’ in the ground was the well head in a crypt they built in 1972.
They said it could have been WORSE. I said HOW? They said well at least it is not under the in ground swimming pool. Which was about 20’ away.
He went on to say that yes they had once had a well installed under the shallow end of the pool. They ended up drilling a new well. They also told me about someone who had built a family room addition over the well head. With a crawlspace underneath. They had to cut through the hardwood floor of the room to be able to pull the pump up and replace it.
My issue happened during the Second Gulf War. My screened in porch off the kitchen was full of demo for awhile.
We used to refer to the porch as Fallujah(Iraq). Due to the piles of concrete, bricks and sand.
I live in the REAL Midwest....not the one up near the Great Lakes that some have talked about. Anyway we have had the city here occasionally call out issues with the water, but nothing real bad. My wife (now passed) wouldn’t drink city water, so we got a Culligan cooler & used their water. No problems have occurred that I know of. The expense is there , but it’s bearable. Supposedly, their water is run through reverse osmosis if I understand right.