Well system inspection
Water tapped by a private well is often of the highest quality. When buying a home with a private well, your home inspection should include a well system check up to ensure the well is in good working order and the quality of the water produced meets health standards.

Prior to the inspection, you should obtain your well’s log or record, which contains information on the history of the well and the ground surrounding it. Contractors must file well logs with their respective states upon completion of all new wells. However, well owners should also own a copy in case the well needs to be serviced at any time.

The well water test will need to be done during a week day to provide a rapid delivery time to the lab that performs the actual test. If a home inspection is done on a weekend, a followup visit for the well test would need to be done prior to or after the inspection on a weekday. The results normally will take approx. a week to arrive from the lab.