Water Well & Pump System Inspections
Well Inspections are completed most often during the sale of a home. Usually, the potential owner has never had a well, and the home they're looking at has a well. In fact, many mortgage companies now require a flow test & bacteria test on any domestic well.
- We typically charge $350 for a flow test, surface inspection, and bacteria sample. We like to spend time with the real estate agents and the clients to inform them about wells, how to take care of them, how the system works, and any potential weak points.
- More extensive water testing can be completed by sending in what's known as an IOC - InOrganic Compound - sample. IOC's can cover such compounds as Arsenic, Aluminum, Lead, Mercury, etc. A Complete IOC sample covers a total of 31 compounds, but we can narrow it down to just the few that are of concern. A complete IOC is $550, individual parameters average $30 each.
- Well inspections to obtain a new drill log/report, due to a lost or missing report are $1,000 per well. Usually we recommend that the owner break away any concrete pads around the well, and remove the roof of the well house and anything else that can impede our access to and around the well.
Very rarely it is necessary for the inspection to pull the pump, which requires a pump hoist, and a two man crew. This equipment and labor is billed at $250 per hour.
