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. right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, we're right near the edges of a river. any time you have sandy soil you have the problem of it collapsing in on itself. we have to try to get it out. if we can't, it stays in the ground. >> let's move some of the dirt and get some of the weight off. i like it. let's do it. the problems happen and they happen quite often. you have to figure out how to get around those problems and keep pushing forward. >> we are going to take forced water and slowly pound the sand from the top down. it's like redrilling a smaller hole next to the hole we have already drilled. >> we have to have water coming out. i have seen wells collapse on
>> when you are changing a pipe over and you stop forcing a pipe into a hole you can collapse the hole. we have a drill bit and 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground it's not for the minute going anywhere. we don't make promises. there is no guarantees. this shows that. ♪ [ male announcer ] if we could see energy... what would we see? ♪ the billions of gallons of fuel that get us to work. ♪
and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, we're right near the edges of a river, so any time you got sandy soil, you got the problem of it collapsing in on itself. we have to try to get it out. if we can't, it stays in the ground. let's move some dirt first, get some of the weight off. okay, let's do it. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. >> gonzalo had a great idea to take forced water, and slowly, slowly pound the sand from the top down. so it's almost like redrilling a smaller hole right next to the hole we already drilled. >> we have to have water coming out. >> i have seen wells collapse on themselves. a lot of that is just lack of training. when you switch a pipe, you got to do it quickly, because every second you're not forcing water into the bottom, that's a second
aquafir, and the other one is basically equipment. a drilling rig forces a series of pipes into the ground with a drill bit secured on the end. water is pumped into the bore hole through the pipes so that the sand and dirt that is loosened by the drill are forced out of bore hole. creating space to continue drilling. pipes are added one by one until the aquafir is reached. >> our bit is completely buried. >> when you're changing a pipe over or for a minute you stop forcing water into the hole that hole can completely collapse on itself. so right now we have got a drill bit and 50 feet of pipe stuck in
right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, we're right near the edges of a river, so any time you got sandy soil, you got the problem of it collapsing in on itself. let's move some dirt first, get some of the weight off. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. >> gonzalez had a great idea to take forced water, and slowly, slowly, slowly pound the sand from the top down. so it's almost like redrilling a smaller hole right next to the hole we already drilled. >> we have to have water coming out. >> i have seen wells collapse on themselves. a lot of that is just lack of training. when you switch a pipe, you got
and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. a place like this, we're right near the edges of a river, so any time you got sandy soil, you got the problem of it collapsing in on itself. let's move some dirt first, get some of the weight off. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. >> gonzalez had a great idea to take forced water, and slowly, slowly, slowly pound the sand from the top down. so it's almost like redrilling a smaller hole right next to the hole we already drilled. >> we have to have water coming out. >> i have seen wells collapse on themselves. a lot of that is just lack of training. when you switch a pipe, you got to do it quickly, because every second you're not forcing water into the bottom, that's a second that your dirt and sand could be
aqua fur and the other is basically the equipment. a drilling rig forces a series of pipe into the ground with a drill bit secured on the end. water is pumped into the bore hole through the pipes so that the sand and dirt that is loosened by the drill are forced out of bore hole. pipes are added one by one until the aqua fir is reached. >> our bit is completely buried. >> when you're changing a pipe over or for a minute you stop forcing water into the hole that, hole can completely collapse on itself. so right now we have got a drill bit and 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground, it's not at the moment going anywhere.
a drilling rig forces a series of pipe into the ground with a drill bit secured on the end. water is pumped into the bore hole through the pipes so that the sand and dirt that is loosened by the drill are forced out of bore hole. pipes are added one by one until the aqua fir is reached. >> our bit is completely buried. >> when you're changing a pipe over or for a minute you stop forcing water into the hole that, hole can completely collapse on itself. so right now we have got a drill bit and 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground, it's not at the moment going anywhere. again, we don't ever make promises because there's no
the main reason why we picked this village to work is because it's basically a community that has the most need right now in this area for clean water. by drilling a well, we're able to hit aquifer that has access to clean water. but right now we got a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. we got to try to get it out. if we can't, it stays in the ground. problems happen and they happen quite often. and so you have to figure out how to get around those problems and to keep pushing forward. we hope to hit water. the people hope we hit water. but we're not sure, so we can't make any promises, so all it is right now is just we're going to try our best. >> doc henley, you can follow doc henley's worldwide journey in our documentary that's premiering tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. a subaru...
heading up the river to a little village which translates into the miraculous or miracle. >> we have the amazon river and tributaries leading into the amazon river. there's water all over the place. the water is absolutely filthy. they are bathing and washing the dishes in that same water source. that's the thing causing them to get sick. the main reason we have picked this village to work is it's a community that has the most need right now in this area for clean water. by drilling a well, we are able to get access to clean water. right now, we have a drill bit and about 50 feet of pipe stuck in the ground. we have to try to get it out.