VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 53 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Well Drilling &Water Treatmentin Franklin, PA.
Franklin is the seat of Venango County, the city where French Creek meets the Allegheny, with Sandycreek, Sugarcreek, and Cranberry townships’ hills around it. In the city homes are on public water; on the ridges and in the hollows outside it, they are on wells, and keeping those wells maintained and serviced is most of what Franklin needs from us. Chatfield comes from our Greenville office.
Whether you’re on a private well or city water, the same crew handles the water source, the pressure, and what comes out of the tap.
WATER TREATMENT
Well water treatment in Franklin, PA
Hill-country wells around Franklin carry the county’s iron and hardness, with sulfur smell in some and, on some ridges, water acidic enough to leave blue-green stains from the copper. A water test tells us which equipment a home needs. That may be a FerronX for the iron, a softener for the hardness, or a neutralizer where the pH runs low. On city water, a CityLux takes out the chlorine.
Wells around Franklin are drilled through rock, and depth varies from one ridge to the next. New wells for homes and camps in Sandycreek, Sugarcreek, Cranberry, and French Creek townships, with air rotary or cable tool as the ground calls for. We handle PA DEP permitting, set the casing and pump, and test water flow before the rig leaves.
Hillside wells around Franklin work their pumps hard, which is why maintenance matters here. The annual checkup catches a pump drawing high or a tank losing its charge before either becomes an outage. When something has already failed, the same crew diagnoses and repairs it, with the common sizes on the truck.
The 530 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Franklin, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
WELL DEPTH102ftmedian of 530 wells
middle half 65–140 ft
YIELD16gpmmedian of 496 wells
middle half 10–20 gpm
DEPTH TO BEDROCK19ftmedian of 406 logs
middle half 10–30 ft
WELLS ON FILE530within 5 miles
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
Franklin Ranks Third in Venango for Depth
The state’s PaGWIS database holds 530 depth logs inside a 5-mile radius of Franklin, a large local record to plan a well from. By median depth, the city ranks 3rd of 10 Venango County towns for depth, toward the deeper end of the county’s list.
The logs also show rock close to the surface: across the 406 that record it, bedrock turns up at a median of 19 feet, and a quarter found it at 10 or less. That usually means a short run of casing and most of the hole in rock. Footage drives much of the cost of a well, and our well drilling page covers the air rotary and cable tool rigs.
Sizing Pumps to Franklin’s Tight Yield Range
The 496 yield logs put the median at 16 gallons a minute, and the middle half is narrow, 10 to 20. A well in that band supplies a house when the submersible pump draws a little less than the well refills and the pressure tank is big enough to keep starts down. A constant-pressure upgrade evens out pressure when two fixtures run at once, though it can’t add water the well doesn’t give. When a pump fails, it’s worth sizing the replacement from the well’s numbers rather than simply matching the old one.
The city’s own supply is groundwater too, and homes on it get their water report from the General Authority of Franklin; the city’s treatment page covers that system.
WATER IN VENANGO COUNTY
The Venango County Water Record.
In USGS samples from across Venango County, taken 1928–2023, 43% of wells were hard or very hard, 43% carried iron above the staining line, 40% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Venango County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY FRANKLIN CHOOSES CHATFIELD
Local Ground. Local Knowledge.
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Serving Venango County and Western Pennsylvania since 1967
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NEARBY
Also Serving the Communities Around Franklin.
We send the same crews to each of these towns. If you’re between towns, pick the closest one; the service doesn’t change.
Yes. An annual well checkup covers the wellhead and cap, the pump’s amperage, the switch settings, the pressure tank’s air charge, and a water test, from our Greenville office. Hillside wells with long lifts benefit most, because the pump works harder and fails sooner without warning.
Do you service wells at camps and seasonal properties around Franklin?+
Yes. Pump, tank, and wellhead work for camps and seasonal homes in the Venango County hills, scheduled around when you are there, with most repairs finishing in one visit.
Can you drill a well in the hills outside Franklin?+
Yes. New wells through the ridge rock with the method matched to the ground, PA DEP permit assistance, and a flow test as part of the job. We check the records for nearby wells before quoting.
How far is Chatfield from Franklin?+
Our Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 53 minutes and 35 miles by road from Franklin. Service calls for Franklin are scheduled from there.
Which townships and boroughs around Franklin do you serve?+
Franklin and the municipalities around it: Sugarcreek, Sandycreek Township, Frenchcreek Township, Polk, Victory Township, Cranberry Township, Oil City, Utica, Cooperstown, Canal Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 10 Venango County communities on our service map, from the same office.
How deep are wells around Franklin?+
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 530 domestic wells within 5 miles of Franklin: the median is 102 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 65 and 140 feet. The median well was logged at 16 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 19 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
What rock is under Franklin?+
Geologic maps put the Cuyahoga Group, a Mississippian sequence of siltstone, shale and sandstone, at the town center. That map describes the middle of town, not each property, and a well a few miles out can pass through different layers. The driller’s log for your own well records what the hole actually went through, from the soil down to the water-bearing rock.
What if a new well near Franklin yields 10 gallons a minute or less?+
A quarter of the local logs did, so it’s worth planning for. A lower-yield well can still run a house: the well fills a storage tank at its own pace, and a booster pump feeds the house from the tank at full pressure. The flow test at the end of drilling shows whether that setup is needed or a pressure tank alone will do.
