We have a well. TEST TEST TEST before you buy - and DON'T LET THE SELLER TEST FOR YOU!

I strongly advise you NOT to use a sprinkler when you have a well, save rainwater if you MUST water a lawn, plant something that needs no watering otherwise.

Important things I know:

- Flow rates from 6 to 50 GPM are OK, but it's also a factor of how long you can sustain the flow.

- Go easy on your well. Don't fill a pool and then take hour long showers. Your well needs time to recover.

- A Deep well is good - IF deeper = more water. Not always the case.

- People around you - far around you - can kill your well by running the aquifer down or poisoning the water. Local gas and oil drilling can both inject toxic materials into your water AND can drop the water table.