Well Decommissioning Service

Well decommissioning requirements apply to all types of wells including water wells, hand dug wells, wells drilled for geotechnical purposes, and wells drilled for environmental testing, monitoring, etc. Promptly and properly decommissioning wells protect people, animals, aquifers and the environment.

Abandoned wells can pose safety and environmental problems as children and pets can fall into them, and if not decommissioned properly, these wells can create groundwater contamination. The most dangerous type of abandoned well is the hand dug type. Properly closing these and any other wells are called decommissioning. Abandoned wells are required to be decommissioned as soon as possible.

Other reasons you may need to decommission an abandoned well is, well failure (no water being pumped). When there is an addition of a municipal water system to a building, which had previously served as a private well; we recommend decommissioning. This procedure is also crucial when there is abandonment or demolition the building that was using a water well system.