Guides for private well owners

Tools, costs and home buying

• What to test your well for
• What a well water test costs
• Buying a home with a well: FHA, VA and USDA rules
• Arsenic in Central Oklahoma (Garber-Wellington) wells
• Free yearly water test reminder

State rules

• Texas private well rules
• Oklahoma private well rules
• Arkansas private well rules
• Missouri private well rules
• Tennessee private well rules

Contractor licensing

• Getting a water well or pump installer license in Texas
• Getting a water well or pump installer license in Oklahoma
• Getting a water well or pump installer license in Arkansas
• Getting a water well or pump installer license in Missouri
• Getting a water well or pump installer license in Tennessee

Water testing

• How often to test your well water
• Coliform bacteria in well water
• Nitrate in well water
• Smelly, stained or cloudy well water
• Hard well water
• Arsenic and other well contaminants
• Collecting a well water sample

Buying a home with a well

• What a well inspection covers

Pumps and repairs

• Shock chlorinating a well
• Well pump types, explained
• Signs of well pump trouble
• Plugging an abandoned well
• After a well floods
• Low water and dry wells
• Protecting your wellhead
• Well pressure tanks

Costs

• What well pump repair costs