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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Plumbing.

In this Badge Bit, you will make a hole in the ground.  A hole that has water at the bottom of it.  Let's dig/pound/wash a shallow well!

Here's a guy digging one:


And some guys driving one:


And washing/jetting one:


To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
  - create a shallow well with a casing or lining
      - digging, washing, jetting, pounding and other methods are fine as long as you don't use a $500,000 well drilling machine
  - more than 10' deep
  - more than 1/2 gpm of flow

Points awarded range from 4-10 points based on complexity and depth of the well.  A relatively normal well digging experience will garner 6 points.

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
  - the location where the well will go
  - the parts you're using to make the well
  - the finished well pipe/casing in the ground
  - a tape measure sticking out of the well showing the overall depth
  - the wet end of the tape showing there's water in the well
  - video of at least 1/2 gallon per minute of flow
 
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