Property Water Bore Installation

Bakers Hill, Shire of Northam, WA

The Challenge
Properties throughout Bakers Hill and the surrounding Northam shire face a notoriously tough underground profile. The topsoil rapidly transitions into dense clay bands before hitting unforgiving, solid white granite. Tapping into a reliable water table in this district requires drilling past these dry, shallow clay traps and cutting directly into deep basement rock fractures where clean, high-yielding aquifers sit.

Our Approach
Before mobilising to the property, we cross-referenced the site location against our 45-year groundwater database to map out the surrounding regional bore depths and water salinity profiles. Our team conducted an on-site field divining assessment to track the active fracture lines beneath the clay. Deploying our specialised, high-pressure truck-mounted rig, our crew drove heavy pneumatic down-hole hammers straight through the stubborn clay-to-granite boundary.

The Result:
We successfully intercepted a high-flowing, clean water fracture. To ensure long-term structural protection against shifting clays and underground pressure, we fully lined the bore with heavy-wall, pressure-rated PVC casing and precision-slotted screens. Following an intensive high-pressure air lancing flush, the system was developed until it discharged crystal-clear, sediment-free water—giving the landowner an invaluable, independent water asset for their home and livestock.