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Through the Back Door! by Jim Kuebelbeck Water Dowsing Comments During the past 35 years, my wife and I have located many hundreds of satisfactory drilling sites by the dowsing methods we have developed. Although we have learned some valuable tricks of the trade (and stumbled upon others), we do not claim to have all the answers to this most amazing (and as yet) unexplainable human faculty. Over the years, in many rural areas especially, exaggerated stories about the legendary “old-time water dowsers” continue to be told. “Why, that old guy could tell you to the inch how deep the water was.” or “The force was so strong it would strip the bark right off his willow branch!” Because of such ridiculous statements and unfounded claims, many landowners even today, ask us to make predictions about well depths and possible well yields. We learned a long time ago the quickest way to make a fool of oneself (and to alienate a well drilling contractor in the process) would be to make predictions about well depths or yields. Water dowsing is not an exact science, and to make such predictions would not only place the drilling contractor in a difficult position, but quite likely would lessen our professional credibility as well. Even if water might be encountered at a predicted depth (which is unlikely), the operator must often drill to the bottom of the water-bearing formation, where the geology is such that the greatest volume of water can be withdrawn (because the water can pass most freely through the coarser sands at the bottom of most formations). This can often be much deeper than the depth where the water was initially encountered. We now have such a good working relationship with so many well drilling professionals, we are often called to locate drilling sites before they even begin drilling in certain areas. We never jeopardize this relationship by offering depth or volume estimates. If clients ask about probable depths or well yields, we always tell them to trust the drilling contractor to do whatever is necessary to make the best possible well. I know of only one person who might have been able to accurately make such predictions, but He lived in Galilee over two thousand years ago. Jim Jim Kuebelbeck maybe contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com 27 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® MARCH 2016