After digging for over a week through rock-like strata (which our well digging contractor called "adobe"), we temporarily stopped the job after reaching a good water-bearing depth of just over seven meters .
We used two sizes of electric-driven jackhammers - the smaller one weighs about 10 kg, while the larger one is over 15 kg - to break through the hard layers, as using a crowbar manually is ineffective.
Each morning, the recharged well has a water depth in excess of 3 meters (equivalent to about 2,400 liters of water). We took out this accumulated water with a 2 HP submersible pump so we can continue digging with jackhammers. We stopped digging at just over 7 meters because the little streams of recharge water coming from fissures in the rock-like layers is quite strong. Our jackhammer is clad in plastic sheets, but the danger of electric shock is too great for us to continue.
We plan to extend the depth of the well in early summer, when the water table has subsided enough for us to dig safely. Meantime, we now have enough water to sustain our building jobs.
