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📍 Licensed New Hampshire Groundwater Specialists · Hillsborough County

Water Well Drilling & 24/7 Pump Repair in Nashua, NH

Fully licensed NHDES well contractor serving Nashua, Hollis border, Mine Falls & Greater Hillsborough County with precision drilling and water treatment.

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Local Aquifer Engineering

Nashua Geological & Well Profile

Hydrogeological data based on over 40 years of Ogden Wells drilling logs in Nashua.

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Average Drilling Depth
250 – 550 ft

Solid bedrock fracture depth required to reach sustained residential yield.

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Typical Flow Yield
4 – 15 GPM

Gallons per minute. Low-yield zones can be restored with 3,000 PSI hydrofracturing.

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Steel Casing Sealed
40 – 80 ft

6-inch ASTM A53 heavy-wall casing seated with drive shoe into solid ledge.

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Septic Setback Distance
75 ft min.

Mandatory health separation from Title 5 septic tanks and leaching fields.

Bedrock Geology: Massabesic Gneiss Complex & Merrimack Granite

Southern New Hampshire has some of the highest naturally occurring arsenic concentrations in New England due to arsenopyrite mineralization in granite bedrock. Proper casing seating and tailored filtration are vital.

Rock Formations Encountered: Heterogeneous orthogneiss, paragneiss, and granite intrusions

Common Water Quality Chemistry

  • •Arsenic exceeding NHDES 5.0 ppb standard
  • •Radon in well water (3,000–15,000 pCi/L)
  • •Hardness and iron staining
  • •Low-yield bedrock pockets in granite ridges
Instant Budget Planning

Turnkey Well Sizing Estimator for Nashua

Adjust home specifications to estimate total well drilling, casing, and pump package costs.

Estimated Turnkey System for Nashua
$21,350 – $26,047
Includes ~250 ft bedrock drilling, 50 ft heavy-wall casing, pump, tank, VFD constant pressure, filtration, and BOH permit filing.
Municipal Regulatory Standards

Nashua Board of Health Compliance

Ogden Wells is fully licensed with the State of New Hampshire Water Well Board (Lic #NH-WWD). We submit NHDES Well Completion Reports within 30 days and assist homeowners in meeting the strict 5.0 ppb arsenic guideline. Ogden Wells handles the complete municipal permitting lifecycle on your behalf.

Regulatory Authority:
City of Nashua Public Health & NHDES Drinking Water Bureau
18 Elm Street, Nashua, NH 03060 / 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-589-4500 (Nashua) / 603-271-2513 (NHDES)
Septic Setback: 75 ft
Property Line: 10 ft
Roadway Setback: 25 ft

Required Potability Testing Suite

Before occupancy permits are issued in Nashua, certified lab water testing must verify safety across these parameters:

  • ✓NHDES Standard Private Well Water Package
  • ✓Total Arsenic (strict 5.0 ppb compliance)
  • ✓Radon in water
  • ✓Uranium & Gross Alpha radionuclides
  • ✓Coliform & E. Coli bacteria
  • ✓Nitrates and Lead
Local Project Case Study

Arsenic Remediation & Bedrock Well Drilling

Location: Northwest Nashua (Hollis line) · Depth: 440 ft · Flow Yield: 11 GPM

Drilled 440 ft deep bedrock well. Raw water test revealed 16.5 ppb arsenic (well above the 5.0 ppb NHDES limit). Installed a dual-stage adsorption filtration system, reducing effluent arsenic to undetectable (<0.5 ppb).

Installed Equipment: Franklin Electric 1.5 HP submersible pump, fiberglass pressure tank, Dual Metsorb titanium-dioxide arsenic vessels.

Serving All Nashua Neighborhoods & Surrounding Communities

📍 South Nashua📍 Northwest Nashua / Hollis Border📍 Broad Street Corridor📍 Mine Falls Area📍 Exit 5 & 6 Suburbs📍 Pennichuck Watershed Buffer

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Local Knowledge Base

Frequently Asked Questions in Nashua, NH

Schedule Your Nashua Well Site Evaluation

Whether drilling a new residential bedrock well, replacing a failed pump, or testing for radon and arsenic, Ogden Wells provides precision groundwater engineering across Nashua.

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