PRIVATE WELLS IN WILL COUNTY

On a well, nobody treats
the water but you.

City water at least gets radium and iron pulled out at a plant. A private well gets nothing between the aquifer and your kitchen tap. We size a softener, carbon tank and reverse osmosis system to what your test actually shows, and quote iron or sulfur treatment only if you need it.

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$2,999 INSTALLED*

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What is usually in a Will County well

The aquifers under Will County are known for very hard water, iron and hydrogen sulfide, the rotten egg smell. Deeper sandstone wells in northern Illinois also carry naturally occurring radium. If your water stains the tub orange, smells when the hot water runs, or leaves crust on every fixture, you already know most of this. The part you cannot see or smell is the radium, and only a test finds it.

0treatment between the aquifer and your tap

1x / yrbacteria and nitrate tests the state recommends

$18hardness test at the Will County Health Dept lab

Start with a test, not a sales pitch

We do not guess at well water. The Will County Health Department environmental lab tests hardness for $18, nitrate for $18 and bacteria for $20. Bring those results, or any recent test from a driller or another company, and we size the equipment to the real numbers. If you have no test yet, request the quote anyway and we will tell you exactly which tests to order.

What the bundle does on a well

Salt-based softener sized to your hardness number and household. It also handles low levels of dissolved iron. Read how the softener works.
Whole-home carbon tank for taste, odor and organics. On a well there is no chlorine to remove, so the carbon is there for what the ground puts in. Read about whole-house carbon.
Under-sink reverse osmosis for drinking and cooking water. It handles nitrates and radium at the tap, which is the water that actually goes in you. Read about reverse osmosis.

All three installed for $2,999 on a standard well hookup. See what the price includes.

What gets quoted on top

Some wells need a stage ahead of the bundle, and we say so up front rather than letting a softener choke on it.

Heavy iron or manganese: orange staining, metallic taste, a softener that fouls fast. Needs its own iron filter first.
Hydrogen sulfide: the rotten egg smell. Needs dedicated treatment; carbon alone will not keep up.
Bacteria: the well gets shocked and, if it keeps coming back, disinfected continuously. Not a filter problem.
Sediment: a simple pre-filter ahead of everything else, cheap and worth it.

Each of these is confirmed in writing with the price before you book. No in-home sales visit, no surprise line items on install day.

Where the wells are

Unincorporated Will County, much of Manhattan and Elwood, and the edges of New Lenox, Frankfort and Lockport run on private wells. See the full service area.

Sources: Illinois EPA private well guidance (radium, yearly bacteria and nitrate testing), USGS studies of the Cambrian-Ordovician aquifer system (hardness, iron, hydrogen sulfide), Will County Health Department Environmental Health Laboratory price list, EPA radium treatment guidance.

STRAIGHT ANSWERS

Common questions.

Ask about your home

Do I need a water test before you can quote?

Yes, for a well. Send us a recent test or get one from the Will County Health Department lab: hardness is $18, nitrate $18 and bacteria $20. We size the softener and decide whether iron or sulfur treatment is needed from those numbers, not a guess.

Does the $2,999 bundle cover iron and rotten egg smell?

The bundle handles hardness, taste, odor and drinking water. A softener deals with low iron. Heavy iron, manganese or hydrogen sulfide need their own treatment ahead of the softener, and that is quoted on top after we see your test.

Is radium in private wells around Joliet?

The Illinois EPA says naturally occurring radium turns up in private wells across northern Illinois and only a lab test finds it. Boiling and carbon do nothing for it. The under-sink reverse osmosis unit treats the water you drink, which is where radium matters.

What about bacteria?

The state recommends testing a private well for bacteria and nitrate every year. If bacteria shows up, the well needs to be shocked and the water disinfected, which is separate from the softener, carbon and RO. We tell you that plainly instead of selling you a filter that does not fix it.

Which towns are mostly on wells?

Unincorporated Will County, much of Manhattan and Elwood, and the edges of New Lenox, Frankfort and Lockport. If your water bill does not come from a village or city, you are on a well.

On a well, nobody treatsthe water but you.