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About 2,000 people in Webster County rely on private domestic water supplies: 1,500 use wells and 500 use other sources. Most wells that penetrate sandstone formations at depths of less than 300 feet are adequate for a domestic supply. In the highlands of the northwestern part of the county, in the old Camp Breckinridge area, only a few wells yield enough water for a domestic supply. In a thin highly faulted zone running east-west across the county between the towns of Sebree and Tilden, yields to drilled wells are unpredictable because of faulting. Generally, groundwater is hard to very hard and iron and salt may be present in objectionable amounts. Often groundwater becomes saltier with depth. |
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