"Jerry Kaidor" wrote in message
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Hello,

A few years ago, I bought a house. Clearing the jungle in the
yard, I
discovered a ratty old shack. Under the ratty old shack was a dug
well. I demolished the shack and made a temporary well cover out of
plywood and 4x4's.

Now I want to make a real cover, drop down a solar well pump and
actually
use the thing. Irrigating my acre with city water is expensive.

The County well guy has a strange requirement: don't paint the
cover!
Huh?


- Jerry Kaidor



Jerry, the paint thing probably has to do with an EPA limitation on
substances that can leach out into the water, then contaminating the
water table.

There are approved NSF 'coatings' (NOT "paint") that can be used with
impunity.

Lloyd