Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
This Well Owner’s Guide to Water Supply was written to assist you to learn more about a topic of the utmost importance—your drinking water. Gaining a better understanding about your well, its components and their maintenance, well upkeep, geology, and water quality, will ultimately empower you, the well owner, to be able to better maintain and monitor your well and your water supply. Carefully monitoring and keeping a detailed record of any maintenance done on your well, and any water tests conducted, can help you prevent future problems from occurring and to insure safe drinking water. For example, noting a rapid turning on/off of your well pump may indicate a lowered water table. Knowing which contaminants may be present in your well water will help you choose the best water treatment.