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What to Know Before Drilling a Water Well

Wood County Home & Property

If your property does not connect to a city water system, you may need a private water well. Wood County has no county-level groundwater conservation district. That means state rules apply through TCEQ (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) and the Texas Water Development Board. Wells drilled since 2003 are logged in the TWDB groundwater database; older scanned records are available through the TCEQ Water Well Report Viewer. Together, both systems cover wells across eras.

You can look up well reports for any address using the TCEQ Water Well Report Viewer. It is a free map-based tool online. It shows well depth, water quality notes, and driller records. Before buying rural land, check whether an existing well is on record. Also check how deep it reaches. That helps you know what to expect from the water supply.

Content last revised 2026-07-11

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