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Many water well owners are unaware that a failing well can often be rehabilitated instead of requiring an expensive new well to be drilled. Declining well performance, low water yield, reduced water pressure, air in the water lines, or inconsistent water flow are commonly caused by mineral buildup, iron bacteria, sediment, scale, biological fouling, or plugged well perforations that restrict groundwater from entering the well. Open-bottom wells can also become impacted by sediment accumulation and formation plugging that limits water production and overall, well efficiency.
Even newer water wells can experience sudden production loss when downhole fouling develops rapidly and begins restricting water flow. Mud-drilled wells may also suffer reduced performance when drilling mud or a “filter cake” — a thin layer of bentonite slurry designed to stabilize and temporarily seal the formation during drilling — has not been properly broken down, thinned, and fully removed during the final well development and completion process. When this drilling-induced clay layer remains in place, groundwater flow into the well can become heavily restricted, reducing well yield and long-term performance.
In many cases, professional well rehabilitation services can restore water production, improve well efficiency, and extend the service life of the well without the high cost of drilling a replacement well.
Many well owners are unaware that a well can be rehabilitated rather than having to re-drill. When well performance changes, it can be a result of organic or biological conditions slowly clogging off the perforations prohibiting water from entering the well. Newer wells can also suffer drastic yield changes in a short period of time due to the same down hole conditions developing at an accelerated rate. Various methods including NSF rated chemicals with special brushing and swabbing methods can break up the cloggage inside and outside the perforations allowing water to flow into the well once again unrestricted.
At Watson Well, we provide professional well rehabilitation and water well cleaning services using proven methods including NSF-rated rehabilitation chemicals, mechanical brushing, swabbing, air jetting, surge development, and other advanced downhole cleaning techniques. These processes are designed to remove buildup from both inside and outside the well perforations, reopen water-bearing zones, restore groundwater flow, and improve overall well performance, reliability, and long-term water production.
Turn to Watson Well for the experience and equipment to properly rehabilitate wells that over time have suffered significant production or water quality changes. In addition, we offer a variety of other water-related services as well as our own excavation equipment for the installation of underground infrastructure. Give Watson Well a call if you need a service to your existing well or water system, or if you would like to improve your water quality.
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