D.N. Drilling handles well drilling in Pittsgrove Township, the rural eastern corner of Salem County. Vineland, home of our well drilling shop on Wheat Road, lies along the township's eastern edge. The Maurice River traces much of that line. Pittsgrove does not own or operate a public water system, and no public sewer runs here. Six small, privately owned water systems at mobile home parks and a nursing home serve about 1,852 people. Everyone else across the township's 45.7 square miles relies on a private well and a septic system. That holds from Norma and Brotmanville in the east to Centerton and Olivet in the west. Elmer Borough, on the township's west side, runs its own public water. It pumps from two wells in the Mount Laurel-Wenonah aquifer, about 500 feet down.
We drill new and replacement wells for Pittsgrove homes and for businesses on US Route 40 and NJ Route 56. The NJDEP well permit comes first. State rules require it before any well is drilled or physically altered. Only a licensed well driller can get one. On the rig we run a yield test and measure the flow rate. Then we set the casing, drop pipe, pitless adapter and pump, with a pressure tank sized by drawdown. After the well is built, we file the well record with the state. We run 24/7 emergency service for well pump repair when a house loses water at night. Estimates are free, and our crew brings more than ten years of drilling experience.
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New Jersey's Private Well Testing Act requires buyers and sellers of homes with private wells to test before closing. The state health department's table, updated November 2025, covers 1,380 Pittsgrove wells tested under that law. Of those, 40.6 percent came in over the 15 pCi/L gross alpha standard. Gross alpha is the state's stand-in for radium, since radium tests cost more. Nitrate topped its standard in 17.7 percent of 1,070 wells tested from 2002 to 2018. Over that span, 42.2 percent of Pittsgrove wells sampled failed at least one drinking water standard. The statewide figure was 14.5 percent. A state summary of that data also flags iron in 23.2 percent of wells and manganese in 12.4 percent. Iron is what leaves the orange stains.
The state health department says the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer, which supplies wells across much of South Jersey, carries elevated radium. An NJDEP homeowner guide adds a farm angle. Acidic water is believed to dissolve more radium from sand, and nitrate from farmland may raise that acidity. For treatment, the state names a water softener or reverse osmosis. It calls a softener a cost-effective option, about $800 to $1,500 for the average home. Our guide covers what a water softener costs to install. The state reads any gross alpha result above 5 pCi/L as unsafe radium. When it sampled drinking water at 25 Pittsgrove homes from 2023 to 2025, 8 came back above that line. The state says results like that mean the wrong treatment, or treatment that is not kept up. With a softener, upkeep starts with the salt level in the brine tank.
A new house on an empty lot needs a first well, since no water main runs to it. A well that lost yield gets a replacement drilled to a better-producing zone, and the old one gets sealed. At the December 2025 drought declaration, NJDEP rated groundwater in its Southwest region, which includes Salem County, extremely dry. Pumps wear out too, and most submersibles run 10 to 15 years. On the water side, we test first and set well water treatment sized to the results. For radium treatment, the state's 2020 Pittsgrove outreach advised retesting after installation and at least once a year. The NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency offers no-interest loans up to $10,000 to help pay for treatment. They cover single-family homes with wells that fail primary drinking water standards.
The Salem County wastewater management plan says Pittsgrove has grown mostly as farms and rural homes. The township ranks among the top 20 New Jersey municipalities in active agriculture. Irrigation, farm and livestock wells count as Category 2, non-potable wells, and each needs the NJDEP permit. Anyone able to pump 100,000 gallons a day or more also needs a Water Supply Allocation Permit. On a farm, that becomes an Agricultural Water Usage Certification through the County Agricultural Agent. Our irrigation well drilling for farms starts with a yield test on the new hole. Old wells that sit unused get sealed with grout, placed by tremie from the bottom up. That is well abandonment to NJDEP standards, and we file the decommissioning report when it is done.
Communities & areas we serve around Pittsgrove: Norma, Centerton, Olivet, Brotmanville, Willow Grove, Elmer, Parvin Lake, Palatine Lake, Rainbow Lake.
Pittsgrove ZIP codes served: 08318.
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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No water, weak pressure, a well to drill, water that needs testing or treatment? Call or send the form and we will price the job from your property, free. For a house that is dry right now, the phone answers 24/7.
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