Difficult Access Drilling Winter Garden How Water Affects Geotechnical Drilling Efforts and Can Make it More Challenging

Florida and many areas of the Southeastern United States have special geological conditions that are not present elsewhere in the country. This area of the country is known for having very flat land with soft and loose soils, predominantly such as sand and limestone.

While many people may think that these conditions are easy to drill into, what can make it much more challenging is the amount of water that can be present only a short distance from the surface of the ground. Drilling into water is not as easy as some people imagine it to be, and in actuality, it can often create instances of difficult access drilling. Winter Garden residents think that because water is soft like the soils of the South East that it must be just as easy to drill into, but this is not true.

Here we will go over some instances where water can affect geotechnical drilling efforts and create instances of difficult access drilling which can be challenging to overcome.

How Drilling in Groundwater Can Be Challenging

The state of Florida is known for being very flat. The highest point in Florida is only a little over one hundred feet, and many of the coastal cities and communities live at sea level where water is a big part of their lives whether they realize it or not.

Because of this, drilling professionals only have to go a few feet down into the ground in some areas to hit water. When groundwater mixes with the work created by drilling, it can ruin it, and it can create further instances of difficult access drilling. Winter Garden residents should know that the soft and loose sediments of Florida can easily be moved by groundwater if disturbed.

One popular service performed by geotechnical drilling professionals is foundation drilling, which is responsible for making structures more stable. When groundwater gets into these boring holes for foundational drilling, it can compromise the boring hole, and ruin the foundational work for a future structure.

Water Being an Issue When Performing Marine Drilling

Geotechnical drilling professionals often keep themselves busy by working on a body of water or off the coast of a region like the state of Florida. Many people believe that these professionals will only be concerned with drilling on land, but they are also busy working with others to complete marine drilling.

Drilling on a body of water is more challenging than drilling on land, and because of conditions of water, it is much more common that marine drilling will have instances of difficult access drilling. Winter Garden residents should know that drilling on a body of water can be even more difficult than running into groundwater at a location.

Drilling in a large body of water can have a lack of visibility that isn’t a problem on land, and many times it is much deeper to reach the base of a body of water than to drill onto land.

*Disclaimer: The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Amdrill Inc*