More than 42 million residents in the US have well water. Why? There are many benefits to having well water vs. city water; the most notable being financial and environmental. Walking away from city tap water provides a certain amount of freedom and independence but...
If you're using well water on your property, you need to learn about some of the safety concerns associated with it. A lot of people that live outside of large cities and towns use wells as their main source of water. Governments at the federal and state level...
Did you know that over 15 million households in the U.S. get their drinking water from private wells? Drinking well water is a safe, practical solution for many families in America. However, that doesnt happen by itself — and the EPA doesn't do it, either. To ensure...
Here at Tacoma Pump and Drilling, we are talking in detail about wells and underground water all the time. Because of this, we frequently get asked questions such as what exactly groundwater is? Today, the answer to that question is here for you guys. We want to teach...
Since water wells are such an old piece of history, sometimes they seem to get lost in today’s modern world. Although they might not be the hand-dug holes and simple buckets of old that provided water to herds and herds of camels and cows and other livestock like we...
With all the water wells in Washington State, it only makes sense that some of them have been abandoned. If you find an abandoned well on your property, it is important that you take care of it to avoid flooding and water contamination from devaluing your property....
Before we review the history of water wells, we'll begin with the basics: what is water well? It is a structure or excavation made in the ground by digging or drilling to access underground water, such as an aquifer. People and communities have been using wells to...