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In <60gl60$msg$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> nospam@nospam.org writes: 


>It's supposedly what Santa Cruz county requires in their test
>to see if a well is good enough to allow one to use it to supply a
>house.
    
    There is no supposedly about it. It's not unusual for county
building regulations to be the biggest stumbling block to doing what
you would like to do with your property. I think you had better talk to
the county engineer and find out exactly what kind of well test that
they want. This will probably take all of about a minute.
>
>> What you need is a pump
>>that will deliver more than 13 gpm, plus a volumetric measure of the
>>well's static capacity, and you need to know the "drawdown" of the
>>water in the well. 
>
>Will the company that's drilled the well have done that information?
>I can probably get it from them- the guy we had do the test was
>from the same company that drilled the well originally.

    Are you pulling my leg? Just being naive?

>  I realized as we were leaving the place after the inspections
>that I haden't actually tasted the water yet.  Sigh, so many things to
>check.
>Speaking of which, is it unusual to get land surveyed before you
>buy it?  The sellers seem to think we're nuts to get it surveyed.
>The fences are old and fallen down and no one seems too worried
>about where the exact boundaries are (a good thing, I think).
>But we want to know exactly what we're getting too.
    
    Now I am pretty sure that you are kidding me. But I'll continue -
mostly just out of a sense of completion. 
    In addition to a recent survey by a licensed surveyor...which makes
a real strong legal statement...You want a title search, title
insurance, and a warranty deed. It is customary for the seller to
provide these three things at no charge. The reason for this is that
these things are necessary to establish that the seller does in fact
have anything to sell. You would be amazed at how many people sell land
that they do not own...or do not own it completely. In my experience
this is more often done through ignorance than deceit. 
    Whether buyer or seller pays for a survey seems to be a bargaining
matter. Prospective buyer almost always pays for water tests.
                                                Roger Loving