Drill on evidence, not guesswork.
A poorly sited bore can cost tens of thousands. We use data from around your property to tell you where to drill, how deep, how much water you'll get, and whether you'll clash with neighbour bores.
$650 one property, one report
- Built by a geologist
- Uses national aquifer data
- NZ-wide
The problem
A $60,000 decision deserves more than a hunch.
The Bore Report gives you depth, expected yield, and whether the wells around you will draw it down.
New to this? Read what a water bore actually costs in New Zealand.
The process
How it works
Three steps from a question about your property to a clear go/no-go you can act on.
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Step 1
Tell us your property
Your location and how much water you need, stock water, irrigation, or domestic supply. Tell us if you've a spot in mind, or let us help you find the best place to drill.
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Step 2
We model what's under your land
We map the aquifer layers beneath your site, fit a yield model to predict what you'd get at each depth, and run industry-standard well-interference modelling to work out how a new bore would be impacted by existing wells. Done for your site by a geologist.
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Step 3
You get a plain-English drilling decision
Where and how deep to drill, expected yield and your odds of hitting it (including the risk of a dry hole), a likely cost range, neighbour and consent flags, and a clear go/no-go, with the evidence and the maps behind every number.
Why us
Grounded in real data, not guesswork
Every assessment is built from the actual bores around your property and the national aquifer database, real records of what nearby wells have produced, not a hunch. I'm an experienced geologist, and I build and review every report personally. No report can promise a perfect bore, but it gives you the clearest read the data allows on where to drill, how much water to expect, and whether it'll stay reliable alongside the wells around you.
Meet your geologist
Jason McIntosh
I'm Jason McIntosh, a Geologist based in Canterbury and I've seen how much good data sits unused while people drill on a hunch.
I started McIntosh Groundwater to put that information in front of landowners before they commit to a hole. I build and review every assessment myself.
Pricing
What it costs
One property, one report, built and reviewed by me.
No ongoing fees
If I don't think there's enough data around your property to give you a useful answer, I'll tell you before you pay.
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