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New residential and irrigation wells
Well drilling, designed for the water under your lot
New wells sized to the demand, cased and grouted to the state standard, and permitted with the right county office before the rig arrives.
At a glance
- Before the rig
- Permit on file with the county office
- Casing
- Grouted through the sand and the clay
- After drilling
- Yield test, disinfection, lab sample
A new well is designed before it is drilled
Every drilled well around Jacksonville is a decision about depth. A shallow bore into the sand above the clay gives water fast and cheap, but it moves with the season, picks up whatever is on the surface, and struggles under irrigation load. A cased well through the clay into the Floridan limestone costs more per foot, delivers year-round, and is the one most households on a drinking well end up with.
Call Flamingo sizes the bore, the casing and the pump to what the property needs to draw, not to what the rig happens to be set up for. That starts with a conversation about fixtures, irrigation zones, distance to the house and whether the water is for drinking, the lawn or both.
Permitting comes first. Every water well in Florida is constructed under Chapter 62-532, Florida Administrative Code, and the permit is issued by a different office depending on the county. The rig does not arrive until that paperwork is on file.
Design questions
What decides depth, diameter and casing
- Whether the water is for drinking, irrigation or both
- Fixture count and any irrigation zones the well has to carry at once
- The static water level and how fast nearby wells recover when pumped
- Setback from any septic tank or drain field on the lot or next door
- The clay confining layer: how deep it sits and whether the bore stops above it
- Iron, sulfur and hardness in the zone the well will draw from
How a drilled well goes in
Site and setbacks are confirmed
The wellhead has to sit at least 75 feet from any part of a septic system and clear of property lines, and the ground has to fall away from it.
The permit is filed with the right office
County health department or the City of Jacksonville, depending on where the lot is. Filing with the wrong one means starting again.
The bore is drilled and cased
Steel or PVC casing is set through the sand and grouted on the outside so surface water cannot run down the annulus into the aquifer.
The well is developed and tested
Pumped hard until it runs clear, then measured for yield and drawdown so the pump can be sized to what the well can actually deliver.
Pump, pitless adapter and pressure tank go on
Sized to the yield and the demand, with the tank charged to match the switch.
Disinfection, the completion report and the water test
The well is chlorinated, the completion report is filed with the permitting office, and a sample goes to the lab before anyone drinks from it.
Irrigation wells and replacement wells
Not every new well is a first well. A large share of the drilling around Jacksonville is irrigation wells on utility-water lots, where the aim is a lawn that stops running through the meter, and replacement wells beside an old bore that has silted, collapsed or simply been outgrown.
Each has its own page because each is sized differently: an irrigation well is built for volume over short bursts, and a replacement well has to be sited so the old one can be plugged under its own permit without cutting off the house in between.
Straight answers
Questions this job raises
How long does drilling a well take?
Most residential wells are drilled, cased and developed in one to three days on site. The permit adds time in front of that, and the lab result for the water test comes after.
How deep will a well near Jacksonville need to be?
It depends on which aquifer the well draws from. Shallow water-table wells stop above the clay; Floridan wells go through it into limestone, which is deeper toward the coast than inland. The depth guide explains why.
Can a well be drilled on a lot that already has a septic system?
Yes, provided the wellhead can sit 75 feet from every part of the system. On a narrow lot that measurement decides where the well goes, which is why the septic side of the business is on the same visit.
Does the well need a permit if it is only for the lawn?
Yes. Irrigation wells are permitted and constructed under the same chapter as drinking wells, with a shorter setback from a septic system.
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Well Pump Replacement
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Water Filtration and Treatment
Iron, sulfur odour, hardness and sediment treated at the wellhead, matched to a lab test.
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