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Well Upgrades
Do You Identify with These Water Problems in Your Home?
Well upgrades are performed within Ontario Ministry Of Environment Regulations. All work is completed using only the highest quality materials to deliver the water from the well to the house.
A well upgrade may be necessary to ensure compliance with Ontario Ministry of the Environment standards and to protect both water quality and public health.
Many older wells in Ontario were constructed under outdated guidelines and may lack proper casing, sealing, or setback distances from potential contamination sources such as septic systems, agricultural runoff, or surface water infiltration. Upgrading your well can address structural deficiencies, improve groundwater protection, and reduce the risk of bacterial or chemical contamination in your water supply. Additionally, bringing the well up to current provincial standards helps ensure long-term reliability, supports proper compliance, and safeguards the potable water supply for occupants and surrounding properties.
How Well is Your Well?
Is the top of your drilled well buried underground or inside a concrete chamber below the surface?
Low producing well?
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Perhaps you may need a well upgrade.
Well inspections are also highly recommended by a Licensed Well Technician when purchasing or selling your rural home. Home inspections are also needed, however, most home inspectors are not as fully qualified as Well Technicians to determine the state of your well or what upgrades should be done to meet Ontario Ministry Of Environment Standards.
Typical upgrades for a drilled well include installing a vermin proof well cap and extending the casing above grade. The higher casing keeps potentially contaminated surface water from flooding the well, while the cap deters rodents, such as mice and squirrels, and keeps spiders and earwigs from using your well as their outhouse.
Make sure the well is located at a safe distance from any source of contamination such as septic systems, roads and barnyards.
The land around a well should slope away from the well to prevent surface water from flowing to the well casing.
Do not store, use, or dispose of garbage, manure, gasoline, salt, pesticides or any other potential contaminant anywhere near the well.
Always get rid of household hazardous wastes by way of the Region’s Household Hazardous Waste Program.
Remember, waste poured onto the ground can inevitably get into your water supply or your neighbours.
