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Well Pump, Well Tank and Well Water Service in Sussex, Warren and Passaic County, New Jersey
Austen Yanish runs the jobs himself out of Wantage, NJ. No water, bad pressure, a failed tank, water that stains or smells — that's the work. Wells and well water are all he does. Insured and bonded.
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No water? Start here
Two minutes of checks before you call
- 1Check whether the breaker for the well pump has tripped, and whether the pump's pressure switch has power.
- 2Look at the pressure gauge on the tank. Zero means no pressure at all; a pressure that climbs and immediately drops points somewhere different than a pressure that never moves.
- 3Tap the side of the pressure tank. A tank that sounds solid all the way up is usually waterlogged.
- 4Check whether it's the whole house or one fixture. One fixture is a plumbing problem, not a well problem.
- 5If the water suddenly ran cloudy, sandy or full of air, stop using it and call.
If none of that fixes it, call (862) 276-0328 — tell us what the gauge reads and we'll usually know what we're bringing before we get there.
On the job
Real work, real basements
Pumps pulled, tanks set, treatment plumbed in — photographed on actual jobs across Sussex, Warren and Passaic County.
What we do
Eleven things, done right
Well Pump Replacement
When the pump at the bottom of the well has given up, we pull it and set a new one sized to your well.
Learn moreWell Pump Repair & No Water
No water at all usually means the pump, the pressure switch or the control box — we find which and fix it.
Learn moreWell Tank & Pressure Tank Replacement
A waterlogged or leaking tank short-cycles the pump to death. We replace the tank and the full T-package.
Learn moreLow Water Pressure
Pressure that drops off, surges, or never gets up to cut-out — we read the gauge and trace the cause.
Learn moreWell Water Chlorination
Shock disinfection of a well after a positive bacteria test, flood, or any time the water's been opened up.
Learn moreWell Water Testing
Draw a proper sample for the certified lab and read the results against New Jersey's standards.
Learn moreWater Softening & Hard Water
Hard water scales up the heater and stops soap lathering — a softener sized to your hardness fixes it.
Learn moreIron, Manganese & Sediment Filtration
Orange stains, black specks and grit in the water are iron, manganese and sediment — all filterable.
Learn moreUV Disinfection for Bacteria
A UV unit kills bacteria at the point of entry with no chemicals, sized to your peak flow rate.
Learn moreWell System Maintenance
Annual checks of the tank air charge, pressure switch, control box and well cap to catch trouble early.
Learn moreWater Heaters & Plumbing Repairs
In winter we also take on water heater replacement and general plumbing repairs around the home.
Learn moreRead this before anyone touches your well
New Jersey licenses this work — ask anyone who touches your well
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection says: "There are approximately 530 licensed well drillers and 150 licensed pump installers in New Jersey; only properly licensed individuals are permitted to install, service and decommission wells and pumps."
A New Jersey pump installer licence permits the holder to install, maintain, disinfect, winterize or replace well pumping equipment, storage tanks and the connecting lines between a well and the tank, and to perform yield and drawdown testing. Getting one takes two years working under a licensed installer or driller plus three state exams.
Drilling a new well and sealing an old one are a different licence — a licensed well driller — and we don't do that work.
Ask any contractor for their New Jersey pump installer licence number before they touch your system. Ask us too.
Selling or renting
Selling or renting a house with a well in New Jersey
New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act, N.J.S.A. 58:12A-26, has required since September 2002 that the untreated water from a private well be tested when a property served by that well is sold.
Every contract of sale for an affected property must include the testing as a condition of the sale, and title cannot close until the buyer and the seller have both received, reviewed and signed for the results. Landlords must test every five years and give every tenant a copy of the results.
The test covers up to 43 parameters, and NJDEP estimates the average cost at $1,200 to $1,500. NJDEP says only about 25% of New Jersey's wells have ever been tested under the Act.
A failed test is usually a treatment problem, not a disaster, and it's better to find it before the appraisal than during attorney review.
Where we work
Three counties — and we're honest about the drive
Close to home
Regular runs
Scheduled in blocks
That last group is a real drive from Wantage. We still go — we just schedule it, and we'll give you a straight arrival window when you call instead of an hour we can't hit.
Most of southern Passaic County — Paterson, Clifton, Passaic and the towns around them — is on public water, so the well work in that county is in the northern highlands.
Know your numbers
What your well water test is actually telling you
New Jersey's drinking water standard for arsenic is 5 micrograms per litre, adopted in January 2006. The federal standard is 10. Both are set by NJDEP.
Gross alpha measures radioactivity in well water from radium, uranium or radon, all naturally occurring in rock. NJDEP recommends further testing between 5 and 15 pCi/L, and further testing plus treatment above 15 pCi/L.
Uranium is a required test parameter under the Private Well Testing Act in Sussex, Passaic and Warren Counties. Mercury is not required in any of the three.
Iron at 0.3 mg/L and manganese at 0.05 mg/L are recommended upper limits for secondary contaminants — they are aesthetic limits about staining, taste and colour, not health violations.
After any treatment system goes in, retest to confirm it's working. That is NJDEP's own advice.
Call or write
No water? Call. Don't type.
(862) 276-0328We answer around the clock
We answer the phone. If your well goes down at 2 AM, someone picks up — and we will travel up to an hour out at that time of the morning to get your water back on.
Wantage, NJ · Serving Sussex, Warren & Passaic Counties