Our 36 year old 154' deep rock well finally got to the point there was only 8' of water in it, in early December '25. Water level was so low, pump was sucking air and couldn't be lowered anymore. Time for a new well. I asked our Lowell, IN. Facebook page for recommendations and Sowles name came up several times (pronounced Soles). I called them and Mr.Sowles came out the next day and gave me a quote on the spot for a new well, a 'shallow sand well' this time. Several of our neighbors have them as well as a large landowner/farmer the Krolls 1/2 mile down the road from us. Mr. Sowles and his crew came out a week later when the weather was better and drilled a 45' deep well, set a new pump, replaced our old pressure switch in the basement, and we have water again, thank goodness.
I'd been maintaining our old well for the last 28 years after the original driller sabotaged the well in 1997. I was able to unblock it and lower the pump and it was fine till this December. I have a lot of knowledge of wells because of that past situation and was able to carefully choose a new driller and Sowles was a great choice. Very professional crew, got the new well drilled in 3 hours and the backhoe work to connect the new well to the old well line to our basement took another 2 hours. Price quoted was the final price too and it was VERY reasonable IMO as I had shopped around a bit and gotten a couple of other estimates from other drillers.
BTW, Sowles doesn't drill deep rock wells. We have a layer of clay 22' thick then a sand layer 21' thick, then more clay, then the limestone bedrock 71' down. This is from the records of the other driller who drilled our last well in 1989, so we knew the sand layer might be a viable water bearing aquifer and it is. So far the water quality is better than our last well too. Old well had a lot of iron residue and sulfur gas in it. This new well has neither so far.
Call Mr.Sowles on their office phone or cell, you'll get an answer quickly. If you text or email, they do get the info, but you won't get a response from them that way.
Despite what some online map programs show, Sowles Well service is located between Hebron, IN and Kouts, IN. read more