Well Drilling
New water wells for homes, farms and new construction, and replacement wells when an old well runs dry, drilled and cased to bedrock by drillers who know the Upstate ground.
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A well in Greenville County comes down to where the water lines stop. In the city and along the built up corridors, a main runs past the road. Out on the foothill land toward Travelers Rest, Marietta and Cleveland, houses run on private wells. So do plenty of tracts in the rural south and east, where a new house means a new well.
Core Well Drilling works out of Pacolet, about 35 miles east of Greenville in Spartanburg County. We are licensed and bonded, and our drillers bring more than 40 years of drilling experience. Here we start with well drilling, then set the pump system, the tank and the line to the house. Call (864) 768-5688 and we will get back to you.
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Greenville Water says it serves more than 750,000 residents in Greenville County and parts of Anderson, Pickens and Laurens counties. That is roughly 196,000 accounts on about 3,200 miles of pipe. The rural edges of the county still sit past the end of that pipe.
Northern Greenville County is served in places by Blue Ridge Rural Water Company, which draws from Lakes Robinson and Cunningham. Its own service area page says the boundaries are not exact and tells you to call about your address. That is the real test. A main on the county map is a different thing from a tap at your building site.
When there is no line at the road, a well is the practical way to get water on the land. The same goes when the run of pipe would be long. That is most of what we do in Greenville County.
Greenville County sits on the Piedmont, and its northern corner climbs into the Blue Ridge foothills. Under the red clay is saprolite, which is rock that has weathered in place. Below that is hard crystalline rock such as gneiss, schist and granite. USGS describes saprolite as reaching 150 feet thick in places and calls the thickness extremely variable.
A Piedmont well works by cutting fractures in that rock. USGS says water movement in the bedrock is restricted entirely to flow through fractures. Ridges and steep slopes carry thin regolith, while broad draws and valleys hold the most of it. One study of 1,069 wells in Greenville, Spartanburg and northern Pickens counties put the median yield at 8 gallons a minute.
Real depths around here show the spread. A state observation well at Brushy Creek Elementary School northeast of Greenville is only 80 feet deep. Two in Spartanburg County run 225 feet and 442 feet, and our own hard rock job in Inman found water past 520 feet. So our written estimate quotes a minimum depth, with casing set to bedrock the way the state well standards call for.
South Carolina puts the well permit on the driller. Coverage under the state general permit has to be in place before construction starts, and the driller carries that responsibility. A copy of the Notice of Intent stays on the job site. When the well is finished, a water well record goes to the state with the depth, the casing depth and the yield.
Septic runs through the state too. Greenville County's own septic tank notice sends applications and payments to the state. They go to the Department of Environmental Services office on Halton Road in Greenville. The county building office on University Ridge points you there.
The well standards also set the spacing. A well sits at least 75 feet from a septic tank or drainfield. Lakes and streams take 50 feet, and property lines and buildings take 5 feet. On a wooded lot off White Horse Road, that decides where the rig can go, so we check it on the site survey.
Greenville County counted 525,534 people in the 2020 census. The 2025 estimate is about 583,125, which is roughly 11 percent more in five years. Much of that growth lands on ground that has never held a house. Builders call us before the slab goes down, because the well has to be in first.
Older properties bring a different call. Shallow bored wells sit in the saprolite, the layer that dries out first. A drilled rock well reaches fractures far below that. The Greenville County observation well hit its record low on September 30, 2000, and two others nearby did the same in that week.
Our rig comes over from Pacolet, up through Spartanburg and then southwest on I-85. We have had jobs off White Horse Road, and we also handle well pump repair on wells we did not drill. Out in the rural south of the county we do water line trenching and irrigation and farm wells. Call (864) 768-5688 and we will get back to you.
Communities and areas we serve around Greenville: Travelers Rest, Marietta, Cleveland, Tigerville, Gowensville, Taylors, Piedmont, Ware Place, Golden Grove, Conestee, White Horse Road, Paris Mountain.
Greenville ZIP codes served: 29601, 29605, 29607, 29609, 29611, 29615, 29617.
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(864) 768-5688 New water wells for homes, farms and new construction, and replacement wells when an old well runs dry, drilled and cased to bedrock by drillers who know the Upstate ground.
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No water at the house, pressure that keeps dropping, or a pump that never shuts off. We check the system in order and repair or replace the part that failed.
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Core Well Drilling installs the complete pump system on new and existing wells. That covers the submersible pump, the pitless adapter, the pressure tank and switch, and the hookup at the house.
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A well pressure tank holds water under pressure so the pump does not run every time a faucet opens. We install and replace pressure tanks across the Upstate, sized to the pump on your well.
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We trench and lay the water line from the wellhead to the house or the barn. Old lines that leak or sit too shallow get replaced the same way.
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Irrigation and farm wells for sprinkler systems, livestock, ponds and pools around the Upstate. We size the pump to the well and run the line out to the field.
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Guys did an excellent job on drilling our well. Got out here in a timely manner. Super nice guys. Highly recommend these guys!
They were very courteous and professional. In two days I had water to my house. I would recommend them to anyone, you won't regret it. It's a very reliable company, and they stand by their work!
Went above and beyond for me to get what I needed done for my new house! Was walked through the process of everything and what to expect if anything goes wrong and I felt as if I was completely ready for anything. You need help, call these guys!
The gentleman that own Core Well were so nice and helpful in explaining about drilling our Well . I would definitely recommend them if you're in need of getting a well done.
Friendly and professional. Did a great job drilling my well at fair price and in timely manner
Very professional
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