A & H WELL SERVICES LLC

We are a water well testing company based in Chewelah, Washington, serving residential, commercial, and environmental clients throughout the Inland and Pacific Northwest regions. We are a family run, local business who provides comprehensive well services to our clients.

Well Drilling: Our team can provide well drilling services to get your Commercial, Agricultural or Residential well operational.

Water Well Production Testing: Utilizing advanced technology, A&H Well Services conducts precise water well production tests to determine exact gallons per minute ( GPM ) yields. Our equipment can help clients understand their Well and monitor water level fluctuations during usage, providing clients with detailed and accurate results. Our custom testing units can monitor complete well fields in real time with televised data steams, this reduces costs and the need to perform frequent site visits.

Water Sample Collection and Analysis: The company offers comprehensive water quality testing services, including Bacteria, Nitrates, Metals, Minerals and all other foreign contaminants, to ensure water quality and safety.

Well System Diagnostics: A&H Well Services evaluates the performance and reliability of well pumps, both submersible and above ground Turbines, helping clients anticipate maintenance needs and avoid unexpected failures.

Pump Installation & Well Repair: We offer comprehensive services when it comes to getting our clients systems up and running. We have 45 years of combined service experience working on all types of pumps ranging from Fractional to 2500 Horsepower pumping units.

Our team offers the expertise and equipment to drill Residential, Commercial & Agricultural Wells. With our background with water well flow testing, pump installation, well restoration and over 15 years of experience working with wells in the Inland Northwest, you can be assured we will provide you with a seamless experience from consult to drill.

To get started with your drill job, fill out our intake form linked below and indicate you would like a “Drilling Estimate.”

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“While all wells can be tested, not all well tests are equal. Wells are tested for a variety of reasons, to include productivity, quality of water and the condition of the pumping equipment and controls.“

Why 4 Hours?

The longer a well is pumped, the lower the static water level in the well will drop. A drop in static water level will cause the pump to move less water to surface. This basic information means most (but not all) flow tests will start with a higher flow or Gallons Per Minute (GPM), than they end with. We have thousands of cataloged data sets for wells in the Pacific Northwest and this is almost always the case.

Pricing

Residential Well Tests start at $650.

Upon receiving your request for a Residential Well Test, one of our technicians will reach out to either you or your realtor(s) to organize when the property can be accessed and the Well Test performed.

Should you require Water Quality Samples for your own knowledge or for loan purposes, our technicians can collect these at the same time as your well test and deliver to an authorized water testing facility in Spokane for additional cost.

Well Test results are emailed to the client and realtor(s) within 1-3 business days and Water Quality Results are emailed to client upon receipt from lab.

Before Scheduling a Residential Well Test

Before a Residential Well Test is scheduled, our technician will first need to know a few things about the property:

• Where the pressure tank, pressure switch and control box are located
• If the property is easily accessible by vehicle
• That power is supplied to the well system, or if we need to bring equipment to power our well testing equipment (this incurs additional cost)
• Permission is granted by the owner for our access to the property and well systems

What systems are inspected in our Residential Well Test

When our technician comes the the property for the well inspection, they will be looking at all systems pertaining to your well system.

• Pressure Tank – PSI of the pressure tank will be taken after the tank is drained of water
• Pressure Switch – a visual inspection of the pressure switch will tell the technician of what type of pressure switch is present and note the condition of the pressure switch (looking for corrosion, damage, etc)
• Control Box – the control box indicates well pump size and can allow the technician to estimate parameters for flow

Reviewing Your Well Test Result

When you receive your Residential Well Test Results, you will see a representation of the tested wells flow over time (an example is provided above). This will give the well’s Gallon’s Per Minute or GPM.

Residential Well Testing Key Points

When reviewing the results of a flow test there are a few key points to look for regardless of which company tests your well. Items that will set a potentially good well test apart from one of lesser quality is the time between recording flow or depth of water. The standard in residential flow tests are recorded at 10 – 30 minute intervals. Our equipment is recording at intervals of 1 – 10 seconds this ensures that no data goes unaccounted for. There is often minute data in the charts that indicate how the well is responding to the test than can be overlooked if longer duration are used.

The tools used to measure flow of water matter greatly. It is better to use a five gallon bucket with a known mark to stop at than to use a cheap flow-meter. All of our meters are top of the line and of major brand names, they are calibrated as necessary by third parties and are NIST traceable. The item that matters most though is the competency of the person you hire to test your well, there is no replacement for sound judgement, experience and taking the task at hand seriously. We recommend avoiding companies that test wells as side jobs, hobbies or inconsistently, we do not recommend that you have a home inspector test your well.

While this article does not cover all aspects of residential well testing it does give you a brief overview, for further questions please do not hesitate to give us a call.

Testing water for a variety of elements is common practice in the process of applying for and obtaining building permits, a variety of loan processes, and for personal knowledge.

If you are looking to test your water for something you don’t see on the list below, let us know and we will work with the lab to get something more specified tested for you. The most common packages we provide are listed below:

Water sample pricing

$200 for samples collection + _______________.

• $100 for Bacteria & Nitrates Package = $300.
  • Estimated Lab Time: 3 Business Days.
• $200 for Tri-County Package = $400.
  • Estimated Lab Time: 3 Business Days.
  • Test Includes: Bacteria, Nitrates, Lead, Arsenic, Uranium
• $400 for Private Well List = $600.
  • Estimated Lab Time: 5 Business Days
  • Test Includes: Bacteria, Nitrates, Lead, Arsenic, Uranium + approximately 21 other emements