Maintaining Private Water Well Systems

You should have few problems with water quantity and quality when your well system is suitably located, properly constructed and installed, correctly maintained, and regularly tested. Make sure to record and save vital information about your well and well water. This information will be valuable to any professional advising you about your water system. It should be filed with other documents about your home and property, and passed on to future owners. A copy of your well construction report will provide much of the basic information you need to record. If a report cannot be located, it becomes more important to record information about the well as opportunities arise. For example, if a pump must be replaced, the pump installer may be able to measure the depth of the well and depth to water at that time.