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When Your Project Needs A Texas Environmental Drilling Company

Written by Talon LPE | Oct 31, 2013 3:00:00 PM

A commonly asked question for environmental consultant’s is, "When do I need to bring in an environmental drilling company?" Every situation is a bit different. Most of the time you need environmental drilling when you know you have a problem or suspect you have a potential problem below the ground in the soil or local aquifer. They need a company that has the equipment and teams to do the job safely, efficiently, quickly and has experience with the local geology. 

Let's look at a few scenarios and talk about when bringing in the environmental drilling company is the best idea:

  • You have domestic groundwater well or monitor wells on a site that are abandoned and not properly plugged. Actually, by law, the property owner needs to get those wells plugged. A drilling company can handle this work quickly and effectively.

  • You are looking to buy a large piece of property in an area that could have abandoned wells,, contaminated soil, or other subterranean issues you need to evaluate. Hiring an environmental consultant and a qualified drilling company will give you the answers you need to fell comfortable buying the property. A Phase I or Phase II property report and determine if any contamination or conditions of concern exist.

  • You find that you have a contamination leak on your property. You need to assess the extent of any damage done. This is when you hire an Environmental Consulting and a Qualified Drilling Company to install soil borings and to take samples and see the extent of the contamination.

  • If you want to discuss a potential environmental drilling project, contact the drilling company to just talk it over. They can give you sound advice and quotes if you need them.


As you can see, the answer to the question, "When do I need to bring in an environmental drilling company?" is basically whenever you need an expert in this area. Going with an experienced company is the smartest answer. They can do the job quickly and get you the results and answers you want.

If you are looking for a company to handle your environmental drilling, you need to call Texas environmental drilling company, Talon/LPE. We have a proven track record when it comes to drilling and taking soil samples all over Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. We are experts in West Texas and the Ogallala Aquifer in particular. Our experts have over 100 years of combined drilling experience. We have collected more than 100,000 soil samples; installed 25,000 groundwater monitor wells and 5,000 recovery wells; and plugged 10,000 wells of all sorts. Contact us for all your environmental drilling needs.