Well, Well, Well

I have wanted to blog about this topic for several weeks now and just have not taken the time to... since today is Day 3 of the hoarse Kelly saga (my congestion/sinus drainage seems to have stolen my vocals!) I decided to write my thoughts...
A few weeks ago I was cruising through our neighborhood on my way home from work and when I turned the corner onto our Lane my eyes fell upon a site that I never dreamed I would see here....two drilling trucks. Yes, the "older" retired couple on the corner had hired a well company to come out to their lot and drill a well! A well in the metro Atlanta area... east Cobb County... in the CITY.... does any one understand my issue with this? Why in the world would you pay for someone to come out and drill you well when we are all on city water?? Now I know that GA is in a drought.... and it is pretty dry right now... But, please!
Now Mike and I have discussed this topic at length needless to say since the "drill" trucks arrived at the fruit-loops corner lot. In a nutshell our conversation went like this:
Me: "Sweetie, did you see those fruit-loops up on the corner had 2 drill trucks digging for a well?!!"
Him: "Yeah, I guess they will have water when the rest of us run out, huh?"
Me: "What a waste of money! That is ludacris to drill for a well this close to the city! Only folks back home drill for water... they should not be allowed to!"
Him: "Hey I was thinking maybe we should look into getting that done here just in case we do run out of water."
Only my husband would EVEN suggest that we pay thousands of dollars for a well! I mean what is the REAL possibility that we as a state will run ENTIRELY out of water? Is that even a possibility? I find that so hard to believe! So here is the kicker....
Last Saturday, Mike and I ventured into a new house being built a couple of doors down from us (we do this often to check out the progress of the new interiors) and we ran into a man that lives in our neighborhood... and he just happens to be the son of the couple that lives on the corner that drilled for the well!! What a coinicidence!!! He told about how they found this outfit to do the well and how booked up all the well company's are right now because of the drought.... and then he says, "Can you believe they had to drill around 400 feet before they hit water?" I just about fell over! And it gets worse.... I ask him why they had the well installed.... he says, "Oh, they wanted it so they can water their lawn." Now I am livid... and I ask him if they might use it for drinking water.... and he says that they did not buy the additional testing package for the well that would be required to test the water for human consumption... !!!!!!????????!!!!!!!! Are you freaking %@!~*&% kidding me?????? I had to leave the room at that point. The man finally leaves and I ask Mike what idiot in their right mind would pay all THAT money to drill THAT far for water for their stupid grass?????
Will someone please help me to understand this? Or have I lost my mind along with my voice?