SEC. 01 / Essential guides
Essential well owner guides
Everything you need to maintain a safe, reliable water supply for your family.
Field Library · Homeowners
Practical guidance to keep your private well safe and reliable. Find your well record, test your water, disinfect when needed, and understand the components of your system.
SEC. 01 / Essential guides
Everything you need to maintain a safe, reliable water supply for your family.
SEC. 02 / Homeowner essentials
Private wells deliver clean, affordable water to millions of U.S. homes — but unlike city water, there's no utility watching it for you. As a well owner, you are responsible for testing, maintenance, and protecting the wellhead from contamination.
Start with the essentials: locate your well record, perform annual testing, keep a secure sanitary well cap, and know when to disinfect.
Find Your Well Record
SEC. 03 / First 30 days
Four high-impact actions that protect your health and your system.
Know depth, construction, pump details, and yield. It's essential for service and home sales.
At minimum: bacteria and nitrates every year; metals and other contaminants every 3–5 years.
Use a sanitary cap, keep vegetation clear, and slope ground away to prevent runoff entering.
After repairs, flooding, or a positive bacteria test, follow proper shock chlorination steps.
SEC. 04 / Get help
Connect with licensed well professionals for testing, chlorination, repairs, and treatment systems.
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