That's 8 ft from basement level and 16 ft from normal ground level... this changes throughout the year with water table changes... at times it's down below 20ft.<br> I was told the well was drilled deep because the area has layers of peat at the 45 to 60 foot level, there is water there but pretty brown and nasty tasting... so they went deeper. The well casing keeps the two water systems from mixing to much. If the well was unlined (hand dug?) this might be a problem.<br>My main question is the pump... can pull water through it without any damage? <br>I could always mount a hand pump on top of the well head but this makes it tough in the winter.