Update on the Pool Project

Saturday we marked out where we wanted to move the pool- away from the septic lines. The HD came out earlier this week to check the new placement. They said the pool location was fine but we were still going to have to move the septic line because it is to close to the well. They are refusing to grant the pool permit till we move the lines. We came up with several options.

1. Forget the pool and do nothing. The problem with that is we figure eventually the HD will come back and cite us for the line being to close to the well and have to fix it anyway.
2. Move the line. That will not only involve a lot of time waiting for permit to move, hiring a company to do it, and doing the job but the cost is also hard to predict because we will have to upgrade the system to meet any new standard interpretations.
3. Kill the well and leave the pool in the newly marked location. Then we will hopefully be able to go back later and drill a new well.

I called the company that originally drilled the well to see if they kept records as to where septic lines were when the well was drilled. (The septic company that installed the system had a fire and was then bought out by another company so no records.) I asked the well company for records and a quote on killing the well. The owner told me he would bet me $100 that the HD is wrong about the line placement because they never would have put a well that close to the drain field.

Wayne called the HD inspector who inspected the septic system when we bought the house to find out what he could tell us. When that inspection was done one of the things they were to check for was proximity of the drain lines to any wells! He said from his records there should be 3 lines running from our septic tank and 2 lines running from our grey water tank so the lines shouldn't run 140ft to the well.

So... the well guy is coming out today and the 2 inspectors at the HD are supposed to talk to each other. Our pool is supposed to go in Oct. 23rd so- fingers crossed!