Water Well Service in New York / Pennsylvania

We handle the toughest drilling jobs in the region. As the only full-service contractor in the area with multiple state-of-the-art dual rotary drilling rigs, Amber Water Pros can drill in any condition.

Our dual rotary rigs utilize the double motion of a top drive drill that advances the traditional drill tooling downward, and an outer casing that spins and advances simultaneously. This movement stabilizes the borehole and penetrates difficult formations with precision. It also allows us to set well screens effectively in challenging ground.

From dense glacial deposits and large boulders to cavernous limestone and shifting sand or gravel, our heavy-duty rigs can handle it all. We can drill holes up to 24 inches in diameter and reach depths exceeding 1,000 feet. Depending on the formation, we’ll use down-the-hole (DHD) hammer or mud rotary drilling techniques.

The power of our dual rotary drilling rigs operated by skilled technicians makes us a leader in solving complex drilling problems. We can drill in the most demanding environments, succeeding where others have failed.

Hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, is a technique used to boost the water flow in wells, particularly those with low yields. Our experience shows this method is about 96% successful in increasing water production.

Hydrofracking can be performed during new well construction directly from the drilling rig or applied later to existing wells with low or declining water yields. It works only for wells that draw water from fractures and fissures in bedrock formations.

The process forces fresh water at a high pressure (from 1,500 to 3,500 PSI) down the well and into the bedrock to widen existing fractures and create new ones. This expands the network of water-bearing fissures and improves the well’s water supply.

Hydrofracking was originally developed to increase oil and gas well production in the early 1920s. It has now been modified as an environmentally friendly technique in the water well industry to increase water production. Hydrofracturing of water wells has been used in the USA since the late 1980s on a widespread basis.

Its primary application in the groundwater industry has been with 6-inch bedrock water wells with depths of 250 to 600+ feet. While most commonly used for domestic wells, hydrofracking can be useful in larger 8- and 10-inch wells serving commercial, industrial, and municipal needs.

Fracture Trace and Lineament analysis is a powerful groundwater exploration method used by our in-house Accredited Fracture Trace Expert to locate the best well drilling locations in difficult areas.

This photogeologic method is based on the fact that the crust of the Earth is extremely fractured and faulted. Natural shifts in the Earth’s crust caused by tidal forces activate these fractures and affect surface soils by making them more porous. This porous soil is more likely to accumulate moisture and create pathways for groundwater to flow.

Fracture-trace analysis identifies these natural lineaments on aerial photographs, locates them on the ground, and utilizes them to increase the likelihood of hitting productive water-bearing fractures.

Fracture trace analysis involves several steps to create maps of potential drilling locations. It includes studying linear features, recharge areas, and the surface geological expressions of groundwater flow and quality.

By combining over a century of well-proven geological and hydrogeological knowledge, this method produces detailed maps of potential drilling locations in fractured bedrock regions. This reduces the risk of drilling dry or inadequate wells, making fracture trace analysis a common tool for successful water well placement.