Founder Effect. The Founder Effect is defined as a type of bottleneck, a type of genetic drift describing the loss of the allelic variation that accompanies founding of a new population from a very small number of individuals (a small sample of a much larger source population).
For example, two well drilling companies -- one in Pennsylvania and one that covers New Hampshire, Vermont and central Massachusetts -- state the cost for drilling a well and outfitting it with pump equipment averages between $5,000 and $7,000, at the time of publication.
A domestic well can cost between $5,000 and $10,000. and as much as $150,000 or more. among a variety of well drilling, well design, well construction, and well development considerations. investment, it is easy to understand the motivation to save on costs at every possible opportunity.