LAWRENCE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 29 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Wells around Volant do well on quantity: three quarters of the 572 logs that record a yield show 15 gallons a minute or more, and a quarter show 35 or more. The borough’s own small system, on two wells, takes iron and manganese out with permanganate and greensand filtration.
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WHAT WE DO IN VOLANT
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.
Nothing treats a private well’s water near Volant before it reaches the tap. A water test measures iron and manganese against the 0.3 and 0.05 mg/L lines, and a FerronX Iron System is the usual fix when either is over.
Wells here sit toward the shallow end for Lawrence County: 119 feet at the median across 656 logs, eighth of 9 towns. Rock is the variable: bedrock sits a median 32 feet down, deeper on some lots, which usually means more casing.
With yields at a median 20 gallons a minute, pump trouble on a Volant well is worth checking at the switch and tank before blaming the well. A pump that cycles on and off rapidly usually points to one of those two.
WELLS AROUND VOLANT
The 656 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Volant, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 81–165 ft
middle half 15–35 gpm
middle half 17–60 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
EPA lists Volant Borough Water Department as a small groundwater system: two active wells, Well #1 and Well #2, serving about 120 people through 92 connections. Its listed steps are permanganate and greensand filtration, both aimed at iron and manganese, plus chlorine and 4-log treatment of viruses, disinfection strong enough to remove nearly all of them. Homes on those lines get their water report from the borough.
A home on its own well has none of that ahead of the tap. Orange stains or dark specks on fixtures are the usual sign of iron or manganese, and a water test, on site or through a certified lab, puts numbers on them before any equipment is chosen. The Lawrence County treatment page covers the options.
The Pottsville Formation, sandstone and conglomerate, is mapped at the town center, but how far down rock starts varies widely from lot to lot. Of the 464 logs that note bedrock, a quarter found it within 17 feet and a quarter only past 60. Casing usually runs down to rock, so the difference between those lots can be a long run of extra casing.
The finished wells are among the shallower of nine Lawrence County towns, and a quarter of the 656 depth logs stopped by 81 feet. The cost page explains what else goes into a price, and for an older well that is losing output, a well inspection is the first step. The Greenville office drills with air rotary or cable tool and handles PA DEP permit assistance.
WATER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Lawrence County, taken 1928–2023, 86% of wells were hard or very hard, 79% carried iron above the staining line, 58% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Lawrence County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY VOLANT 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 29 minutes and 19 miles by road from Volant. Service calls for Volant are scheduled from there.
Volant and the municipalities around it: Washington Township, Wilmington Township, Wilmington Township, New Wilmington, Springfield Township, Hickory Township, East Lackawannock Township, Neshannock Township, Plain Grove Township, Scott Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 9 Lawrence County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 656 domestic wells within 5 miles of Volant: the median is 119 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 81 and 165 feet. The median well was logged at 20 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 32 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
Not necessarily. EPA lists permanganate and greensand filtration for iron and manganese, plus chlorine, for Volant Borough Water Department, and the borough’s water report is the guide to what reaches your tap. If the chlorine taste bothers you, a whole-home CityLux takes it out; beyond that, a test at the tap tells you whether anything else is worth doing.
The county record suggests not. Lawrence County’s USGS samples had a median pH of 7.4, and none of the 27 wells tested fell below 6.5. That makes a calcite neutralizer less likely to be needed than iron removal or a softener, though your own well can differ, and a water test settles it.
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