[BigDaveinKY]

I'm real close to doing the same thing. Or hooking to the county water line that runs 800' from the house across my property.
A few days after the rain last week the water in my 100+ year old, fifteen feet deep, hand dug, rock lined well started getting murky.
My guess is that as the water table is rising it's washing the dust off the rocks that line the well, or some rocks at the bottom have shifted,
and the water is leaching dirt straight into the well. Either way I've been buying drinking water from the store the past week.
I've always had well water. If anyone has gone from well to local water system, does the amount off the electric bill offset the monthly water bill??
The only pro I can think of for county water is when the electric is out you still have running water. I'm not real thrilled on the added chemicals in pulic water.
My cost will be close to the same for either drilling or hook up.

 

[BigDaveinKY]

Dave, my guess is that water bill here would average $30 to $40 per month with at least yearly increases. You can pump a lot of better tasting water from a well for that kind of money.

I can pump my well just about 24/7 for a month for about $200
no telling what that much county water would cost.

That pretty much settles it. Along with the chemical smell and taste all public water systems have. :?
I've got a high school buddy, who bought his uncles drilling business. He and I worked together, for his uncle, a bit for gas and car parts money in high school, in our "spare time."
We both helped on the family farms together too. Kindda drifted apart after high school. I'll give him a call and see what he can do. It'll be good to talk with him again.