M R Ellis Pty Ltd can sink a bore on your property providing year-round water.
MICK Ellis, who owns and operates Wandin-based bore company M R Ellis Pty Ltd, has been sinking water bores for more than a decade.
He started in the Northern Territory and after drilling all around Australia has found the growing need and awareness of underground water as an alternative has created a demand in the Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges.
His customers range from householders who have invested heavily, both personally and financially, in their gardens and can’t bear the through of losing it all, to rural property owners who have found the cost of sinking a bore is competitive with the cost of buying in water or putting in large tanks.
Mr Ellis said modern-day bores are unobtrusive and can even be installed fully concealed underground.
The average bore depth is 60 metres and Mr Ellis said that the quality of water in Yarra Ranges was excellent for drinking and for other uses as well as being increasingly cost-competitive.
“The cost of putting in a bore was expensive two years ago. I now own all my equipment and generally the cost will be about $8,000 to $10,000,” he said.
“Compared with even a good sized water tank, that is very competitive, particularly when you consider it delivers year-round water.”
For many people a bore is an insurance policy.
“Even though we’ve had a lot of rain, people who have put in household tanks are finding they can’t maximise on this sort of deluge and a couple of weeks of hot weather can drain it very quickly,” Mr Ellis said.
“People are realising that tanks are, in many cases, a band-aid solution, and that a bore is more permanent,” he said.
The benefits of sinking a bore is still a mystery to a lot of people and Mr Ellis said he is happy to sit down with anyone thinking about putting in a bore to provide information and a quote.
For further information phone M R Ellis Pty Ltd on 5961 9013 or 0457 099 339, or visit michael@waterbores.net.
