Wantage, NJ
Well Pump and Well Water Service in Wantage, New Jersey
This is where we're based. Sunrise Pump & Well Water Service is in Wantage Township, and the well pumps, tanks and water treatment systems in this township are the work we do every day.
This is home
Sunrise Pump & Well Water Service is based in Wantage Township. That is the single strongest thing this page can say, and it's true of no other page on the site: when you call about a well in Wantage, you're calling the man who works in the township, not a company routing a job out to whoever is closest. Wantage is a large rural township in the far northwest corner of New Jersey, wrapping around Sussex Borough and running up against the New York state line. From the high ground up at High Point State Park, down past Lake Neepaulin, and out across the hamlets of Colesville and Beemerville along Deckertown Turnpike, Ross Corner Sussex Road, Libertyville Road, Pelletown Road and Lake Pochung Road — this is the ground we know best.
Getting here
We're in the township. There's no drive to make and no number to put on it — if your well is in Wantage, we're already close.
Wells in Wantage
Wantage is a rural, largely unsewered township, and private wells are the norm rather than the exception. A lot of the well systems here have been in the ground a long time, and the mix runs from old jet-pump setups in farmhouse basements to modern submersibles. That range is exactly the work we do: pulling and replacing a submersible that's given up, swapping a waterlogged pressure tank and its T-package before it kills the pump, chlorinating a well after a positive bacteria test, and reading a water test against New Jersey's standards. Because we're here, the follow-up visit isn't a scheduling problem — it's a drive down the road.
What we do here
The full range of well pump, tank and water treatment work — sized to the systems actually sitting in Wantage basements and wellhouses. That means pump replacement on deep submersibles, pressure tank and T-package replacement on older setups that are short-cycling, low-pressure diagnosis, well water testing, chlorination, softening, iron and manganese filtration, UV disinfection and maintenance.
Who regulates your well if you live here
NJDEP regulates how a private well is built; once it's built, oversight is the local health department's job. In Sussex County that means the Sussex County Office of Environmental Health, which serves all 24 municipalities in the county — so whether you're in Wantage or any other Sussex County town, it's the same office and the same number. They're at 201 Wheatsworth Road, Hamburg, NJ 07419, at 973-579-0370 or health@sussex.nj.us, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Where a local rule and the State rule overlap, the stricter of the two is the one that applies. See our who regulates your well page for the full picture.
Selling or renting a home on a well here
New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act, N.J.S.A. 58:12A-26, requires the untreated water from a private well to be tested when a property served by that well is sold, and requires landlords to test every five years and give tenants a copy of the results. Both buyer and seller must receive and review the results before closing. Uranium is a required test parameter in Sussex County; mercury is not. NJDEP estimates the average cost of the testing at $1,200 to $1,500, and says approximately 25% of the wells in the State have been tested under the Act. See our Private Well Testing Act page for the full requirements.
Drilling a new well and sealing an old one are a different licence — a licensed well driller — and we don't do that work.
Where we are
Straight answers
Questions we get on this one
Are you actually based in Wantage?
Yes. Sunrise Pump & Well Water Service is based in Wantage Township. The person who answers the phone is the person who shows up, and the person who shows up is the person who has to come back if it isn't right. This is home, not a town we drive to.
Do you cover the whole township, including the Colesville and Beemerville ends?
Yes — all of Wantage, from the hamlets of Colesville and Beemerville out toward High Point State Park and Lake Neepaulin, down Deckertown Turnpike and Ross Corner Sussex Road and across to the Pelletown and Lake Pochung Road areas. It's a large rural township and we work all of it.
Who do I call about my well in Wantage?
NJDEP regulates how a well is built; after that, oversight sits with the local health department. In Sussex County that is the Sussex County Office of Environmental Health, which serves all 24 municipalities — one office, one number, whichever town you live in. 201 Wheatsworth Road, Hamburg, NJ 07419 · 973-579-0370 · health@sussex.nj.us · Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Do I need a water test to sell a house in Wantage?
Yes. New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act requires the untreated water from a private well to be tested when a property served by that well is sold, and the buyer and seller must both receive and review the results before closing. Landlords must test every five years and give tenants a copy. See our Private Well Testing Act page for the full requirements.
My well is decades old, is that a problem?
Not necessarily. A lot of the well systems in Wantage have been in the ground a long time, and the mix runs from old jet-pump setups in farmhouse basements to modern submersibles. Age alone isn't the issue — how it's been maintained, whether the tank is waterlogged, and whether the pressure switch is cycling right are what we look at. An old system that's been looked after can keep going; an old system that's short-cycling is the one that costs you a pump.
What do I do if I lose water in a winter storm?
Check the breaker and the pressure gauge first — the four-item triage on our no-water page walks you through it. Frozen pressure switches and frozen lines in unheated well houses are common here in winter. If none of the quick checks fix it, call us and tell us what the gauge reads.