Well Drillers in Tucson, AZ

Well Drillers in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson has the largest concentration of licensed well drillers in southern Arizona, with nine contractors based in the city. The Tucson drilling market serves both in-city residential and commercial clients and the broader rural Pima County population in the Avra Valley, Altar Valley, Rincon Valley, and communities stretching toward the Santa Cruz River border corridor.

Drilling in the Tucson Basin

Tucson well drilling takes place within the Tucson Active Management Area, subject to the same Notice of Intent and completion report requirements as the Phoenix metro. The Tucson basin is a mature, well-studied aquifer, and ADWR’s Water Well Registry contains completion records for tens of thousands of local wells — providing excellent data for drillers to forecast productive depths.

Formation characteristics:

Alluvial basin fill: sand, gravel, silt, and clay sequences
Primary productive zone: 200–500 feet in the Tucson basin proper
Deeper production possible to 600+ feet in outlying areas
Avra Valley: generally shallower (150–350 feet)
Rincon Valley and Vail area: more variable, 200–500 feet

Drilling cost range: $38–$60/foot; total residential well $14,000–$40,000 depending on depth.

Contamination Awareness

Before commissioning a new well in Tucson, review ADEQ’s contamination maps:

Tucson International Airport Area Superfund: TCE plumes in southeastern Tucson
Davis-Monthan PFAS plume: Extends beyond base boundaries in southeast Tucson
Motorola / semiconductor sites: Legacy TCE and other chlorinated solvent plumes near the I-10/Ina area

A licensed driller will have basic knowledge of these zones, but independent water testing before a well is put into service is always recommended.

Well Drillers in Tucson

BJ Drilling Company Inc — (520) 586-3282 — bjdrilling.com — Also serves Cochise County
Western Water Wells LLC — (520) 308-4047 — westernwells.com
Farwest Pump Company — (520) 293-9778 — farwestwell.com
Geomechanics Southwest Inc — (520) 889-7787 — gsidrilling.com — Environmental and geotechnical drilling
Reliant Well Drilling and Pump Corp — (520) 293-9778 — reliantpump.services
Altar Drilling Inc — (520) 882-0384
Mike’s Drilling, LLC — (520) 399-2781 — mikesdrillingaz.com
Ironwood Well Service — (520) 261-4516 — ironwoodwell.com
Crane Machine & Pump Service, Inc. — (520) 792-0792