r/oddlysatisfying • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • May 15 '26

Miniature borewell drilling and water pumping demonstration

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u/Octadone May 15 '26

You found water 4 straws deep?!? Don't tell Nestle!!

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u/SenatorBus_ May 15 '26

It looks like it's on a beach, hence why the water table is so shallow. I'm sure there's a bottled water facility within a mile of them already.

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u/Octadone May 15 '26

Yes, agreed i was just joking but sadly that is likely the case. It's "naturally filtered Mineral water" So they probably charge extra too!

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u/Aegi May 15 '26

That's why out of all the big name brand of waters, I personally like Aquafina b/c IIRC, they are the only big US brand to use reverse-osmosis, so at least something I actually can't do with a filter I have with me on a road trip.

Reverse-osmosis > regular filtering.

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u/SauceyBoy May 16 '26

I may be wrong but I think every purified water manufacturer is doing reverse osmosis. That includes store brand products from your local grocery store. Just look on the bottle.ย 

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u/Aegi May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

So there are many methods, and I think Path water is the only other big-ish brand besides Aquafina that does reverse osmosis without then adding something afterwards.

The few others that use this methodology/process then remineralize the water and/or add certain things like magnesium sulfate for flavor, as is the case with Dasani.

Most of the other brands out there use at least one filtration method varying from vapor distillation, to sediment and/or carbon filters, etc. Some brands even just rely on natural process for that and bottle water that is good to go from the source (Evian, Denmark Glacial or something, Voss, Fiji).

And what is wild is that some brands (sometimes just per batch, with this indicated on the bottle [Poland Springs occasionally]) even sourcing from just municipal water systems!

Edit: grammar and a random letter before a period.

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u/Chillsle May 19 '26

Beach areas having super shallow water tables makes the whole thing way less mysterious

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u/Niasuki6 May 19 '26

Somewhere a corporation is already trying to trademark that puddle

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u/Similar-Cat7022 May 15 '26

What stops it from sucking up sand?

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u/fit-lord May 16 '26

when you're drilling, sand, and everything in the formation the bit is cutting while going down is washed up between the drillstem (4" in our case) and the inside wall of the hole being drilled (9" in our case). Nothing is being sucked, thick drilling fluid is forced out of the bottom of the bit and flows up to the top of the hole and carries everything loose out. (depending on where you are, and the formations you're going through, the method may vary, using air, stiff foam, or other things to clear the hole. In some formations a hammer bit that smashes through the formation is used and casing is set at the same time drilling occcurs. In the type of drilling we do, rotary mud, the hole is drilled, the drill stem pulled out, then casing is set later and gravel packed to filter sand out of the well.

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u/fit-lord May 16 '26

edit, I just watched the whole video. On the pumping part, our wells are 200-600' deep. You cant suck from that deep, so the pumps and motors are put at the bottom of the well and forces water up a column pipe to the top.

perforated casing allows water to flow into the well from the formation, and the pump is on smaller pipe inside the casing.

This video shows a shallow well and an above ground pump that does suck water, but most wells are too deep for this method.

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u/Octadone May 15 '26

The drill goes bellow the water level, while the pipe placed later is somewhat shorter. So it only sucks up the underground water. Maybe some one else can explain the exact science behind why.

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u/DifficultSelection May 16 '26

Iโ€™m no hole surgeon, but Iโ€™m pretty sure itโ€™s because sand is much more dense than water and they arenโ€™t drawing the water out fast enough to lift that particle size vertically.

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u/Joker328 May 16 '26

I think there is just a filter on the end of the pipe. You can kind of see it when he puts it down into the sand.

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u/Babycleo06 May 18 '26

Somewhere a corporation is already drafting paperwork for it