Well Testing

Not everything that contaminates your well is left up to Mother Nature or the neighbors milk cow. You can control a big share of what gets into your well and can play a part in helping to prevent surface contaminants from entering your well. Just make sure the Well Seal is tight and in serviceable condition.

"What the heck is the Well Seal?" you ask. I'm sure its not something you talk about at the dinner table, or with friends on the golf course while laughing at the unconscious person you just dropped with your last mulligan. The Well Seal is the cover or cap at the top of the well casing (which is the big pipe sticking out of the ground), where your well is located. The function of the Well Seal is to protect the water in the well by sealing off above ground access to the well from people, animals, ground water, fertilizers, bird poop and what ever else might want to get in there. This helps keep the water fresh, clean and uncontaminated.

You can help the Well Seal do a good job, and it only takes a few minutes. Walk out to where the well head is located. Look at the seal and make sure the metal parts are not rusted through. There should be 4 bolt heads showing, theses bolts expands a gasket in the well seal, against the well casing and water pipes. Make sure these bolts are tight and snug. Keep in mind, these 4 bolts don't hold the world together so don't tighten them with a 3-foot cheater bar or a tire iron. Snug tight is good.

Inspect the seal and if it looks like any rubber parts are crumbling, the seal may need to be replaced. If it all looks good to you then you can sleep well knowing your Well Seal is doing the job.

There should be a Seal Vent, which allows air into the well but not insects, spiders and mice. As you pump water out of the well, it allows air to enter the well. It screws into the top of the well seal. Most of them are a black ½ inch round plastic pipe about 6 inches long or a bent over metal pipe with a mesh screen covering the end. Check it for serviceability and make sure its not broken at the bottom where it screws into the seal. If you need a new one, its a simple handyman job, just unscrew it and screw in a new one and we have them in stock. If you have any questions, give us a call.

If you prefer, Quinns Pump Service will conduct the Chlorination of your well, inspect the condition of the Well Seal and the entire pumping system.