What do y'all know about drilling for water...

Drill hole, put pump in place, up comes water.

people from LA where the water table is like 1 foot down probably aren't your best source for this.

If I use a post hole digger I hit water at 2'. Does this help you

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if this is a viable business to get myself into

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The guys I know that do it don't do it as a full time job. It is a side deal for them.

Manmade ponds here aren't from wells but rom collection of runoff in lowlying areas in some highly impermeable substrate to where water can't escape as fast as it gets filled. Ponds can also be built to catch runoff in other areas that aren't as flat-lying as this part of LA. This would be the cheaper and more realisitic route.

I took a class on aquatic ecology that dealt heavily with pond management. There is some good FREE literature out there put out by Auburn and LSU on pond management including building of the pond.

it is a bit more complicated than just driving around with a truck mounted auger rig. Depends on several things, subsurface soil conditions, depth to water, confined or unconfined aquifers, depleted water tables, and so on and on....

Generally a larger version of a CME or similar drill rig will run (used, very used) around 30 - 40K. A small auger unit that can actually go on a PU about F350/450 will be in the 10-15K range. Gotta look for arse-end with these units so you aren't lifting the entire rig off the ground when drilling thick clays.

Most of the outfits I work with (geologist in Co) usually opt for a smaller coring type setup that can get even more expensive.

what else?