Well pump repair and water testing in Iowa

Well pump businesses certified in Iowa

Businesses with a certification on the Iowa list, ranked by our quality score: a state certification, a phone on the list, a matching open Google profile, a website and the number of certified people. Nobody can pay to move up.

Towns with certified well businesses

• Cedar Rapids
• Council Bluffs
• Davenport
• Decorah
• Des Moines
• Dubuque
• Iowa City
• Oakland

All 57 well pump businesses in Iowa, by town

Iowa well rules in brief

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Private Well Program regulates private wells, sets construction, maintenance and plugging standards, and certifies well contractors. (Source: DNR Private Well Program) Read the Iowa well rules.

Iowa certifies three levels of well contractor: well drillers, pump installers, and well pluggers (a limited certification). (Source: Three certification levels) How well contractors are certified in Iowa.

Testing your well water in Iowa

Iowa's Private Well Grants Program provides free water testing to all private well owners and users. Contact your county health department to get your well tested. (Source: Free testing through the county)

We have not yet collected published test fees for Iowa. Published fees in other states show what labs charge. Which tests fit your home.

How deep wells are in Iowa

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has 15,039 logs for private wells with a construction log on file. The median well among them is 203 feet deep, and the middle 80% run from 80 to 450 feet. Well depth and water level for every Iowa county, with the method, limits and a CSV.

Well logs cover drilled wells reported to the state, not every well. Source: Iowa Department of Natural Resources, read October 10, 2026.

What Iowa's certification list shows

• 458 entries on the list, covering 505 certified people, 133 of them based outside Iowa.
• 325 are based in Iowa and hold a class a homeowner would hire: pump installation, water well drilling, well closure.
• Most are based in Kalona (13), Fredericksburg (9), Marion (9), Ankeny (7), Des Moines (6), Dubuque (6).

Certified well drillers and certified pump installers (people, not firms), with the city and phone the DNR prints. The lists are titled Updated 06/14/2024, so check a certification with the DNR before hiring. Source: Iowa DNR Certified Well Drillers and Certified Pump Installers, Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Read October 7, 2026.

Certified in Iowa, by town

Names, certification types and phones as the state publishes them. Some entries are certified people rather than companies; we show the town only, never a home address. A listing above means we also matched the business on Google.

Showing 250 of 325 license holders, biggest towns first. The full list is on the state site linked above.

Questions

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