Groundwater Wells: What You Need to Know

  1. Well Basics: Placement and Construction
  2. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Retrofitting
  3. Decommissioning or Abandoning a Well
  4. Well Aware – A guide to caring for your well and protecting your family’s health.
  5. Iron and Sulphur Bacteria
  6. Buying or Selling Property with a Well
  7. Well Water Safety After Wildfire

Well Water Quality (Fact Sheets)

  1. Arsenic
  2. Lead
  3. Manganese
  4. Uranium
  5. Iron
  6. Sodium
  7. Selenium
  8. Fluoride

Health Canada Information

Well Water Information

  • Map of potential uranium in well water
  • Map of potential arsenic in well water
  • Map of potential fluoride in well water

Groundwater Chemistry Test Kits

  • Groundwater Chemistry Test kits are available to pick up for free from the Government Service Centres, locations and hours can be found here. These kits test for large cations and metals commonly found in well water, including iron, manganese, sodium, arsenic, uranium, lead, and selenium.

Well Construction Record Request

  • Email the Groundwater Section at groundwatersection@gov.nl.ca and include the well address and name of the well owner who had the well drilled (if known).