Welsco's Spring Blog
May 1st 2024

Your Welsco family would recommend getting your well and pump checked to make sure it can keep up with you this season. During the spring and summer months there’s a high demand on your well, not only for consumption, but also irrigation. Unfortunately, we receive a high volume of calls during the summer when people either run out of water, or their pump fails, leaving them scrambling to get water during the blistering heat. To avoid this terrible mishap, give us a call to get a complete inspection done. This includes a flow test, inspection of well components, and water quality check done.

A flow test checks the static and draw down of your well, making sure it’s able to keep up with the demands you place on it. Inspection of well components is a check of the pressure tank and pump. Pump checks are recommended to make sure that your pump isn’t going to fail on you. If your pump is drawing more amps than it should be, it could be an indication that your water level has dropped, requiring the pump to work harder to get your water to surface, or it could mean that your pump is on its way out the door. Either way, an inspection is great to determine what further steps need to be taken, if any, to keep you and your pump happy this summer.

Lastly, we always think it’s a great idea to get a quality test done on your water. A quality test is done to determine what kind of minerals and bacteria are present in your water. I mean who doesn’t want to know what they are consuming daily?

We suggest these 3 simple steps to be added to your spring cleaning/maintenance list to keep you and yours happy this 2024 season. Now get outside and enjoy the sunny months to come!

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Welsco's Winter Blog
January 1st 2024

Winter has finally arrived in the Northern Nevada area, and our family here at Welsco Drilling has some tips to keep you and yours stress-free during these chilling months. Winterizing your house is best done in the fall months, but if you still need to get around to it, we say better late than never. The more obvious winterizations include; disconnecting, draining, putting your hoses up for the winter, and shutting off your sprinklers, but did you know that you also need to pay special attention to your water pipes? One of the biggest problems during these cold months is pipes freezing. No one wants to wake up in the morning and turn their faucet on only to find out that their pipes froze!

Not only is it a headache to thaw them out once it happens, but there's also a concern that the pipes could have cracked from the ice expansion within them. I'm sure everyone at some point has thrown a plastic water bottle into the freezer without even thinking and, upon return, finds out that the top has busted off and the bottle itself has expanded past its limits. Now, imagine that happening to your water pipes. The worst outcome is the pipes bursting and flooding, but if there's anything you could do to try and prevent such a costly mistake, I'm sure you'd take it. Preventative maintenance is the key to trying to keep this nightmare from happening, so here's what we recommend doing to prepare for these below-freezing months.

Make sure your pump house is insulated and heated. We recommend a heat lamp for the job.

Insulate your water pipes! If you have any exposed water pipes, cover them with insulation. This helps prevent them from    freezing and cracking. You can cover it with foam or heat tape.

Sprinkler System- turn off the water and have your lines blown out. Sprinkler lines hold standing water, and if they aren't    blown out, it leaves the opportunity for them to freeze.

Keep your water dripping when the temperature dips below freezing. Running water is much less likely to freeze.

If you have any vents leading to your crawl space, place foam blocks within them to keep the cold air out.

Lastly, don't forget to check on your four-legged friends during these chilling months! That means breaking up any ice or    adding trough heaters to their water. Remember, every living thing needs high-quality H20!