Most of the well drilling calls we get in Deptford Township are not for new wells. The Deptford Township MUA runs public water to almost the whole township, from seven wells of its own. That changes what a well company does here. A lot of our work is pump service on the private wells still in use. Some of it is irrigation wells, so a lawn or a business property runs on its own water. The rest is sealing old wells that got left in the ground after a house tied into the main.
D.N. Drilling works out of Vineland, with a second shop in Clayton. That puts Deptford about 25 minutes north of us, a straight run up Route 55. We cover the whole township, from Oak Valley off Route 45 over to Almonesson and Blackwood Terrace. Our crew is in the field every day. The crew has more than ten years of drilling experience behind it. We answer the phone 24 hours a day, because a dead pump on a Sunday still means no water. Estimates are free. We pull the NJDEP well permit before the rig shows up. Sealing a well has its own state rules, and we work to them.
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There is no rock under Deptford Township. The New Jersey Geological Survey maps this ground as unconsolidated coastal plain layers. It is sand and clay laid down between about 95 and 20 million years ago. Near the surface sits the Woodbury Formation, a dark clay bed up to about 40 feet thick. Beside it and below it runs the Englishtown Formation, a quartz sand as much as 70 feet thick. Deeper down are the Magothy and Potomac sands, up to 120 and 220 feet thick. Those deeper sands are the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer, and the township MUA pumps its seven wells from them.
Clay changes how a well gets built. A clay bed like the Woodbury Formation gives no usable water. The casing has to pass through it and seal against it. The screen then goes in a sand that will give up water at a steady rate. Get that wrong and the well runs sandy or runs dry in August. South Jersey well water also tends to come up acidic, often with iron in it. Acid water eats copper pipe and fixtures over time. Iron leaves orange stains in the toilet and the laundry. Both are fixable, but a water test tells you which one you have.
Two jobs come up most often on Deptford properties. The first is pump service. A well that still feeds a house has a submersible pump and a pressure tank, and both wear out. Short cycling or low water pressure usually points at the tank or the switch. We test before we replace anything. The second is irrigation wells. A large lawn or a commercial site can pull thousands of gallons a month through the meter. An irrigation well takes that load off the public supply. It needs an NJDEP well permit, and it has to stay separate from the house water line.
The third job is the quiet one. Plenty of Deptford houses came off a well and onto the township main. The old well usually stayed in the ground. An open or poorly capped well is a direct path from the surface into the aquifer. New Jersey handles this under N.J.A.C. 7:9D. A licensed driller has to seal it, and the grout goes down a tremie pipe to the bottom. Some wells need a decommissioning plan approved by NJDEP first, and we file it. We come back within a few days to top off any settling. Then a concrete slab at least six inches thick goes over the casing.
Communities & areas we serve around Deptford: Oak Valley, Almonesson, Blackwood Terrace, Lake Tract, New Sharon, Jericho, Good Intent, Woodbury Terrace, Westville Grove.
Deptford ZIP codes served: 08096.
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When the taps go dry, we find out why. Our crew handles well pump repair day or night, from Vineland and Clayton to Cape May County. We answer the phone 24/7.
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Replacing a worn out well pump or pressure tank on shallow sand wells and deep coastal wells alike. New pumps sized to the well and to the water the house uses.
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We test well water across South Jersey, then build the treatment system the results call for. Iron filters, acid neutralizers, sulfur removal and UV disinfection, sized to your well.
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We install, replace and repair water softeners for well and city water homes. Every job starts with a hardness test, so the unit we size matches your real demand.
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An open well is a hazard on your property and a problem at closing. We seal unused and failed wells to state standards, then file the record with NJDEP.
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We drill and equip wells for farms, nurseries, campgrounds, and commercial buildings across South Jersey. That means bigger casing and higher pumping rates, sized to the water your operation uses each day.
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