Well deepening vs. a new well

After a dry year the first symptom is often air at the tap or a pump that breaks suction. Three different jobs get sold as “deepening.” Only one of them is drilling the hole deeper.

The three options

1. Reset the pump deeper in the casing you have — the Hemet and Lake Elsinore jobs in Recent Work are this kind of work.
2. Deepen the borehole if the casing and geology allow it and the log says there is a reason to go down.
3. Drill a new well when the old casing is done, the hole missed water, or deepening would cost you a second failure. That path is well drilling.

When to call

• Static level dropped and the pump is hung too high.
• Someone quoted a new well without a production test or video.
• You already have two wells and need to decide which one to keep — we have walked that in Ramona.

Also look at rehab and hydrofracturing if the problem is a dirty or clogged formation, not a water table that left the pump.

Service area

Inland San Diego and southwest Riverside. Shops in Ramona and Anza. Licensed C-57, CSLB #1086994. Founded 2020; 2024 acquisitions of Ransom Pump (~60 years) and Heritage Well Service (20+).

Questions we hear before this job

Can any well be deepened?

No. The existing casing has to be sound, the diameter has to take the next bit, and there has to be a reason to expect water below. A video and the well log come first.

Is lowering the pump the same as deepening the well?

No. Resetting a pump a few joints deeper is common and cheaper. Drilling the borehole deeper is a different permit and a different crew day. We will not mix those words on the invoice.

Related services

• VFD / constant pressure
• Hydrofracturing
• Well rehabilitation
• Well abandonment
• Pressure & storage tanks
• Video inspection
• Well service — Pala
• Well service — Potrero
• Well service — Palomar Mountain
• Well drilling
• Pump repair
• Emergency well service
• All services