QUestion for Pulaski guys

Dave Rowe drills wells.. Bear not so sure myself, but dug wells may be outlawed... If not I can dig up to 9' ;)

No prob, has to be 100 ft Minimum From leach field also

hey dime, i could use a hole dug  :)

Here is who we use.
http://www.nywelldriller.org/companydisplay.asp?CompanyKey=602
American Auger. 10 years ago it was $1500 for 50 feet (minimum charge) and I think $10 a foot after. I am sure it has gone up. They drill not pound.

Just can't help myself when a question or a problem is posed.  I know somewhere in my set of "Encyclopedia Britannica's"  (1950 edition)  there will be a answer that might just help someone out.  
 
Darned if I didn't find sumpthin that might be worth takin' to the head for sum readin material.
 
For anyone wishing to save a few bucks by drillin your own well:
http://www.drillyourownwe...-real-well-driller.htm

I briefly though about driving points too, but I think it is too rocky and water is too deep up here I think
 

Do you think last year is the start of something, that being a late run?  I am thinking of delaying my visit till Columbus Day.  

If there is no leach field, where does the "flush and showers" go?  I don't recall a sewage treatment plant in Altmar.  Unless you have a holding tank and pay someone to pump when it gets full.....
 
Check the Oswego County Sanitary Code on well requirements, whether the driller needs to be certified, all the little details that are a lot cheaper to deal with in advance than to fix later. Also be aware that the property line is irrelevant to distances from waste disposal systems, it is what else is nearby and up gradient, and despite the rural character of Altmar, where you are is fairly dense.  This is one where a call to the Health Department could be very helpful, as they may be able to tell you where you can dig, and where the best site is, and may know about all the other utilities in the area.
 
2B pointed out your "compound" to me on a ride through a couple of years ago>

Standard on parts of Irondequoit Bay (and all the other bays) and up in a the 'daks for years was a cedar box, but they don't meet any code anymore, and you are not doing the river or any other water body nearby any favors.  When you see all the dark green cladophora growing on  the rocks and all the fine black sediment  accumulating in the slow spots, a lot of these old systems, which are not much better than straight pipes, are part of that problem.  At least in the 'daks, the predominant soil is sand, unlike the till on the hill and surroundings.     

The compound is specific if applied very carefully and conditions stay static.  But things sometimes go awry and there are some ancillary negatives.  The alternative, in relation to the fishery, is not pretty, could devastate the Lake trout fishery and put another serious dent in the salmon, brown and atlantic populations .  I even watched a gull pick one off a steelhead two falls ago in the riff going up out of the staircases. 
 
I did not think they did any of the tributaries every year, but maybe they hit the Salmon harder due to the large numbers of returning fish.
 
The algae and turbidity have to do with increased use of the watershed surrounding the river: aging of the infrastructure, 55 gallon or older steel tank systems, or systems not maintained (expected life of an onsite wastewater treatment system is 20-25 years), all those Amish horses pooping all over the road, more active dairy, new construction, and just more people disposing of nutrient containing by-products of life in Steelhead Paradise.  Pretty soon the camel is carrying a lot of extra straws!
 
Once the crowds hit town in the fall, you used to be able to see the effluent coming out of the Pulaski Waste Water Treatment Plant sometimes (the discharge is about 3/4 of the way down the Black Hole.  I know they did a lot of upgrading, but the population swells considerably in the fall.  And NYS is the Greek Yogurt Capital of the World now, all those extra cows gotta go sometime (all the time!) and the manure generally ends up spread on a field some place.     

Lucky I remember when 13 started to really get built up with rite aid, Kinney, the new PNC which is now topps along with widening the road and various other structures. Now Byrne dairy and fx caprara... Always was disappointed to see stuff getting built up. Now all of the cabins and new homes... Talk of a 50+ unit for retired folks out on Hinman... The country is diminishing for sure. I always expressed sorrow for the water sheds where I grew up and how they were depleted entirely from development with no holds barred. Its a sad reality for sure. The eel kill has always concerned me though.that water gets nasty after they do it.

The thing I miss most is C&M

I don't know, 2B and I had some of the worst food we have ever eaten at C+M.  It was our sense that the locals stopped going there in Late August and stayed away until after Salmon Season, as the owner switched to the lowest price ingredients he could find.  We do miss Frick and Frack, down 11 a short distance from the Collasse cheese store.  Not going to get written up in "Gourmet", but righteous food at righteous prices, and open very early.
 
Bear, why not just set up a rain barrel for collection with a small tank and a hand pump to move the water from the barrel up to the feed tank?   You would still have to haul water in the winter, but for a simple system like you are describing, a well will have considerable costs when the pump and feed are included and will likely have to be dropped for the winter anyway.

My biggest qualm with the diner being gone is the light that it casts in the sky. Now fx caprara took it to a whole new level of straight up light pollution. And even now off the rural tinker tavern exit which has no commercial businesses, the tail water has put up a big billboard with two bright lights shining up in the sky. :(

Great to hear!!! Decent sized fish... Has this thread beaten out the weather thread for BS??? Lol!!!