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Shelby gets its city water from the First Broad River, carried through 227 miles of lines. Cleveland County Water runs another 1,058 miles of line out across the county. The mains still do not reach every road or every lot. Past the lines, or where an old well runs dry, a home needs well drilling in Shelby, NC.
Core Well Drilling is based in Pacolet, SC, a little over 30 miles from Shelby by road. We are licensed to drill in North Carolina, and our drillers bring more than 40 years of drilling experience. In Cleveland County we do well drilling: new wells, replacement wells for dry ones, and farm and irrigation wells. Call (864) 768-5688 and we will get back to you.
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The City of Shelby draws its raw water from the First Broad River, on the west side of town. The treatment plant was built in 1953 and upgraded in 1994 and 2021. It has a 12 million gallon capacity and serves the City of Shelby as well as Boiling Springs, NC. On an average day, the system delivers 5.9 million gallons of water to over 23,000 people.
Cleveland County Water, once the Cleveland County Sanitary District, is the county system. Its river intake was moved to the point where Knob Creek joins the First Broad River. The utility reports that it serves a population of over 59,000 on 1,058 miles of waterlines. Over the years its lines grew west toward Lattimore and Mooresboro and east toward Waco and the Light Oak community.
Most of the county lives outside the city. Shelby is the county seat, and it counted 21,918 people at the 2020 census, out of 99,519 in Cleveland County. Some of that land is on city or county water, and some of it is not. Before you buy land, ask the water provider for that address whether service is available.
In North Carolina, the county health department permits private wells. Under state law, G.S. 87-97, every county runs a private well permitting, inspection and testing program through its local health department. No one may build a private drinking water well without a construction permit from that department.
In Cleveland County, that office is Environmental Health at 1333 Fallston Rd. in Shelby. Applications go through the Cleveland County Permits Office at the same address. The county's fee for a well construction permit includes the water samples, under a fee schedule effective July 1, 2025.
State well rules put a new well at least 50 feet from a single-family home's septic tank and drainfield, or 100 feet when that drainfield is a saprolite system. The county has the final word, and we confirm the spot on the site survey. Our North Carolina well permit guide walks through each step.
Cleveland County sits on the Piedmont, the same rock country as the Upstate of South Carolina. In the USGS ground water atlas chapter that covers North Carolina, a cover of loose material called regolith lies over the rock almost everywhere. That cover includes saprolite, a blanket of decomposed rock that is usually thick and clayey.
The bedrock under it is dense and yields water mainly through fractures, the cracks in the rock. USGS puts the wells that meet no fractures at only about 3 percent, and those wells are dry or cannot hold a steady yield. So a rock well goes down through the saprolite with casing set into bedrock, and its depth depends on where the fractures are.
Nobody can measure that depth before the rig gets there. Our written estimate quotes a minimum depth and explains how the casing cost can vary. Sometimes the rig hits water around 200 feet. One of our hard-rock wells in Inman, SC found good water at a little over 520 feet.
Our shop is in Pacolet, in Spartanburg County. The rig leaves on SC-150 and runs SC-18 through Gaffney, with a short stretch of I-85. NC-18 then carries it north into Shelby.
The truck-mounted drill rig comes with a 2,000-gallon water tank truck, a support truck and a pipe trailer. Many wells are drilled in a day or two, and the site survey sets the schedule. A farm or a pond pulls more water than a house, so we size those wells in gallons per minute.
We drill in the North Carolina border counties, about 80 to 90 miles from our shop. Shelby is the nearest of their county seats. On the South Carolina side of the line, we also work Gaffney, Chesnee and Boiling Springs, SC. See all the areas we serve.
Communities and areas we serve around Shelby: Polkville, Lattimore, Mooresboro, Fallston, Lawndale, Casar, Belwood, Waco, Earl, Patterson Springs, Double Shoals, Light Oak.
Shelby ZIP codes served: 28150, 28152.
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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
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