A delivery truck backs over your wellhead. The PVC casing cracks six inches below grade. Now you’re looking at a $3,000 well repair instead of a $200 protector you should have installed last year. This happens more often than most property owners realize. Wells in driveways get clipped by snowplows....

Your well cap has a small screened opening on top. Or it doesn't. That's not random — there's a reason for each design, and picking wrong can cause real problems. We see it all the time: a homeowner notices bugs near their wellhead, spots a screened vent on the cap,...