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Through the Back Door! by Jim Kuebelbeck As a water dowser, I have encountered just about every imaginable experience over the years. Because the focus of the June issue is “water” and its importance in our lives, I do have a story to tell. Actually, I related this account in the October 2009 issue of WWDR , and felt it was indeed worth repeating. Some years ago, a lady called and said she had to drill a new well and asked if I might be able to locate good quality water on her property. Because water in the live water flows I locate by my dowsing methods has always been of excellent quality, I agreed to help her. I asked about her present well, and she told me the well she had been using was the reason for her call. She continued, “My sister from California visited me a few weeks ago, and be- came so violently ill she had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. At the hospital they discovered she was suffering from a life-threatening E. coli infection. Attempting to determine where and how she might have contracted this infection, they asked where she had been, and what she had to eat and drink recently. Because she had been visiting me for about a week before she got sick, and because no one else had become sick, we were asked to have our water tested. The test showed extremely high levels of E. coli bacteria, and we were notified by the Minnesota Department of Health to discontinue drinking the water immediately!” I then asked how much property she owned because any new well might have to be located some distance away from the contaminated well. After learning she had considerable acreage, we made arrangements to meet at the property. Carol and I arrived on-site a few days later, and I asked my usual question about the lo- cation of her present well, because I usually dowse first around an existing well to see if I can sense any live water flow somewhere in the immediate area which could later be tied into the existing water line to the house. Following her to the rear of the house, she pointed to a round concrete cover about six feet in diameter on the surface. She told me it was the cover over the well her deceased husband had dug years ago. About 12 feet away was a similar round concrete slab. I asked what it might be, and to my utter disbelief, she told me it was where their septic tank was located! “No,” I said, “I mean your septic system. Where is that?” She said this was it, so I asked what kind of tank she had under there and if she had it pumped out regularly, thinking it must be a sealed tank of some kind. “I don’t know, my husband dug it when he dug our well years ago. As far as I know, I don’t think there’s any kind of tank down there. I think he just lined it out with concrete blocks,” she replied. She must have seen the shock on our faces about then, because she quickly added, “Oh, but the well is much deeper than that, so I don’t think it’s our water problem!” In stunned disbelief, I decided to ask no more questions. We dowsed the property, and did locate a drilling site about 200 feet away from the contaminated well. The drilling contractor called a few days later tel l ing us a good qual ity water source was encountered on the site. To the best of our knowledge, the previous “recycling system” has since been aban- doned. The statements and comments in this article are based on information and references believed to be true and fac- tual. If you have any questions or com- ments, please forward them to me in care of WWDR . Publisher’s Note: Be sure you know the regulations regarding wells and sep- tic systems in your area. Jim Jim Kuebelbeck may be contacted via e-mail to michele@ worldwidedrillingresource.com 4< /*2'3* "& > > > > ,'< ? /2+ '6* /3+6 /3+6 ')1/3- " " !8=2+ /7843 4* 4* ')1/3- !+8 5)7 !8'3*'6* $'2:+ 9((+6 6':+2 $'2:+ 9((+6 !+'87 9((+6 $'2:+ 37+687 #6+8.'3+ $'2:+ 37+687 $'2:+ !56/3- ! ! $'2:+ 4:+6 '71+8 ? !;/:+2 ')1/3- ? !+6/+7 ? !+6/+7 ? !+6/+7 ? !+6/+7 ? !+6/+7 ? !+6/+7 < /3+6 < /3+6 < /3+6 < /3+6 < /3+6 6/)+7 !9(0+)8 "4 .'3-+ %/8.498 48/)+ !@ @ < < < < < 302-684-3197 FAX: 302-384-0643 142 Broadkill Rd. • Milton, DE 19968 www.atlantic-screen.com email: atlantic@ce.net Manufacturers of Slotted & Perforated Pipe ranging from ½” to 24” diameter Atlantic Screen & Mfg., Inc. • Well Rehab. Products • Manholes • Bentonite • Filter Sock • Inline Chemical Mixers • Sampling Bailers • Clear PVC Pipe • Locking Caps 37 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® JUNE 2017