1. Leave it to the professionals! Often times when well owners try to service their own wells they usually fail to solve the problem or make the problem worse. Professionals have the equipment, materials, and techniques to keep your system operational and your water safe. 2. Preventive maintenance costs less in the long-run The NGWA conducted a poll among well owners and confirmed that 80% of those who responded had never had a well-maintenance inspection done. When this happens, seemingly minor problems can quickly turn into larger, more costly problems. Just food for thought, you look at the labels of the food you eat to make sure they’re healthy for your family, why not do the same with y
March 11-17, 2018 Did you know that more than 13.2 million households do not rely on municipal water, but their own well to provide them with fresh, contaminant-free drinking water? These wells are recharged by groundwater which in turn is recharged by storm events and snow melt. As rain falls to the ground, some of it is carried away as run-off to streams, lakes, and other bodies of water. The rest permeates downward through the ground, being taken up through plant roots or moving through the open spaces between soil particles or rock veins. As water flows through the ground there is a filtering effect, however bacteria and other contaminants are still capable of getting into springs and
