ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 77 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Wells around Mill Village run deeper than in most Erie County towns, 4th of 16 by median depth, while the flow stays in a middle band. Half the 388 logs that record a yield fall between 5 and 15 gallons a minute. Expect a fair amount of footage and a pump sized for moderate output.
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WHAT WE DO IN MILL VILLAGE
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.
Iron and manganese are the metals to check. In Erie County's USGS record, 33% of 251 wells topped the 0.3 mg/L iron staining line and 83% of 42 topped 0.05 mg/L for manganese. A water test shows whether a well here needs a FerronX Iron System.
Mapped bedrock under the town is Venango Formation: siltstone and conglomerate with sandstone and shale. In half the logs that note rock, it came up between 20 and 50 feet, so casing is moderate on most lots.
Only a quarter of logs reach 15 gallons a minute, and a quarter give 5 or less. A standard submersible with a correctly sized pressure tank suits most wells here, with the pump rated to the well's tested flow.
WELLS AROUND MILL VILLAGE
The 409 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Mill Village, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 51–90 ft
middle half 5–15 gpm
middle half 20–50 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
By median well depth, Mill Village ranks 4th of 16 Erie County towns. The range is wide: a quarter of its 409 logs stopped at 51 feet or less, and another quarter went to 90 or more, so the logs nearest your lot are a better guide than the town figure.
Depth, casing and the pump make up most of a new well's cost. Casing is the moderate piece here, with rock at a median 30 feet in 243 logs, and casing usually runs down to rock. The cost of drilling a new well breaks down each piece, and residential well drilling walks through the job from PA DEP permit assistance to the flow test that sets the pump.
Local yields cluster in the middle: a median of 10 gallons a minute, a quarter at 5 or less and only a quarter at 15 or more. That is enough for most households with a standard submersible pump, provided it is rated to the well's tested flow rather than to the number of bathrooms. Wells in the bottom quarter get the most careful sizing, since they have little spare flow to draw on.
The pressure tank does the rest, holding a reserve under pressure so the pump isn't starting and stopping for every tap. When an existing system starts to short-cycle, pump diagnostics sort out whether the well, pump, switch or tank is the cause.
WATER IN ERIE COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Erie County, taken 1927–2023, 68% of wells were hard or very hard, 33% carried iron above the staining line, 83% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Erie County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY MILL VILLAGE CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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NEARBY
We send the same crews to each of these towns. If you’re between towns, pick the closest one; the service doesn’t change.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Our Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 77 minutes and 52 miles by road from Mill Village. Service calls for Mill Village are scheduled from there.
Mill Village and the municipalities around it: LeBoeuf Township, Waterford, Rockdale Township, Waterford Township, Union City, Cambridge Springs, Cambridge Township, Union Township, Washington Township, Edinboro. Beyond those, the rest of the 16 Erie County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 409 domestic wells within 5 miles of Mill Village: the median is 67 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 51 and 90 feet. The median well was logged at 10 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 30 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Quite possibly. In Erie County's USGS well samples, 68% of 349 were hard or very hard, and the median came to 8.2 grains per gallon. Your own well can differ, so the water gets tested first. If the test shows hardness, a LuxSoft water softener treats it for the whole house.
Less likely than a middling one. Only a quarter of the local logs that record a yield reach 15 gallons a minute, and half fall between 5 and 15. A well in that middle band covers normal household use with the right pump and tank. For irrigation or livestock, a flow test on your well should come before planning around a big draw.
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