How To Maintain Your Residential Well
Suppose you own a private well in North Florida. Maybe you moved out of the city into a more rural setting to escape urban sprawl, and you now find yourself the proud owner of a property with its own well water system. Perhaps this is the first time you have a private water well, or you’ve relied on a well to supply your home with water for most of your life. No matter the case, you likely don’t have a user manual with detailed instructions about using and caring for your well.
Your well may not concern you until an incident occurs and you need help. When this happens, you’ll want to learn how to maintain your home’s well properly. Protect your family’s water supply from contaminants, save on well repair service calls, and keep your private well in good condition with this well water maintenance guide for homeowners from North Florida Water Systems Inc! Contact us today to request well service and learn about our comprehensive water well service options for your property!
Don’t Attempt To Service Your Own Well
Whether you’re a first-time well owner or have used water wells throughout your life, we don’t recommend well owners attempt to service their wells. Unfortunately, when well owners attempt to service wells without assistance from a professional water well company, they often fail to identify or solve the problems adequately or unintentionally worsen any preexisting problems.
Our highly experienced well maintenance specialists use specialized equipment, materials, and techniques to ensure our customers’ water supplies remain safe, their water is of high quality, and their well systems are operational. As such, it is always recommended to contact a qualified professional to perform any required service to your water well system.
Keep Up With Professional Maintenance
For many homeowners, being penny-wise can go a long way. For homeowners with private well systems, skimping on professional well maintenance services can prove more costly than receiving regular, preventative maintenance in the long run. Small, easily detectable, and correctable well water problems can become complex, inconvenient, and more costly without regular preventative maintenance. This lack of care for your water well system is similar to never having a car mechanic inspect or service your vehicle until a disastrous breakdown occurs.
Most people agree that preventative maintenance is wise, yet it can be easy to overlook or forget the requirements of their well system. Keeping up with well pump maintenance is particularly important for those who consume water that comes from their well. Thus, as a matter of health, convenience, cost, and longevity, be sure to keep up with professional maintenance for your home’s well system.
Become Familiar With Your Water Well
While homeowners are advised against servicing their own water well systems, they should become familiar with how their well operates and the different general components involved in the functioning of their water well. You can inspect your well cover cap every couple of weeks to ensure it is intact to prevent well pollution, examine your well pump for any signs of leaking every month to three months, schedule professional inspections and servicing on a regular basis, and contact reputable water well companies should you notice any issues.
If you notice changes in color, taste, smell, or other signs with the water produced from your well, you shouldn’t overlook these changes. Instead, enlist professional well water treatment services to remove contaminants from your water well. Unfortunately, not all potential well contaminants, like arsenic and radon, will produce distinct discoloration. Ensuring your well is in top functioning condition will help ensure your household receives a steady supply of fresh, high-quality water free from harmful or problematic additives.
Prevent Water Well Contamination
If the water your well transports to your household is polluted, it is unsafe to consume, as it contains harmful contaminants that can cause health problems. There are many different contaminants and ways contaminants can find their way into your well system. Your water supply can be contaminated with fecal contamination from feed lots, fertilizers, pesticides, and septic system issues. Another potential cause of contamination comes from high concentrations of radon, arsenic, or other naturally occurring chemicals.
You can help prevent contamination by regularly inspecting the well components, keeping hazardous chemicals (like gasoline, cleaning supplies, paints, and waste chemicals) away from your well, and exercising extreme caution with fertilizer and pesticides in the land around the well system. Contact your local health department to ask about any common groundwater issues in your area and ensure your well is 50 feet (at least) away from your septic system. Before testing your well water, ensure your well system is clean to avoid false positives.