Cumberland County, Maine
Arsenic Removal Systems in Gorham, ME
Call (800) 696-9355 or request a visit. Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
You cannot see, smell or taste arsenic, which is why testing matters so much for Gorham wells. When the result comes back over 10 parts per billion, we design a treatment system around the form of arsenic in your water and the way you use it.
Arsenic Removal Systems for Gorham homes
Gorham is a Cumberland County town of village streets, college life, farms and wooded roads that run out toward Standish and Windham. Parts of town are on public water, while many outlying neighborhoods rely on private wells.
Sand and gravel deposits and bedrock both lie under town, so some wells are shallow and weather-sensitive and others are deep and rock-fed. Winter cold and spring melt tend to reveal weak spots in older pump houses and exposed lines.
What we see in Cumberland County wells
Inland Cumberland County sits on granite and metamorphic bedrock that can release arsenic into groundwater. Two houses on the same road near Gorham's village and its farm roads can read differently because arsenic lives in specific fractures, so every drilled well in Gorham should have its own result.
What to test first in Gorham
- Iron and manganese, since they affect which arsenic treatment works
- Bacteria and nitrate, a baseline for any private well
- PFAS, since you are already sampling and it is worth knowing
How it works
How we handle arsenic removal systems, step by step
- 1
Confirm and identify
A reliable arsenic number comes from a sample collected cleanly and analyzed by a laboratory. For a Gorham well with a positive result, we add the details that guide the design.
- 2
Choose the method
We match the media, tank size and flow rate to your household. If only drinking and cooking water needs to be treated, a point-of-use system may be the simpler answer.
- 3
Install the system
Plumbing is done cleanly in the Gorham basement, with valves labeled. Once water is flowing through the media, we check pressure and confirm the system is operating normally.
- 4
Retest and maintain
Verification is the point of the whole exercise. We retest after installation, then at intervals, and replace media before it is exhausted instead of waiting for a bad result.
What shapes the job in Gorham
Most residential systems use an adsorptive media that holds arsenic as water passes through, sometimes preceded by a filter that handles iron. Iron actually helps arsenic removal, so we look at both in your Cumberland County report together.
When to think about arsenic
- A drilled bedrock well that has never been tested
- A well that has been deepened or re-drilled
- Young children or a pregnant household member in the house
- A new treatment system that has not been verified
Atlantic Water Solutions installs arsenic removal systems across Cumberland County, including Gorham and Standish. Ask for a visit and we will start with your results.
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Start with a test. We will explain the results in plain language and only recommend what the numbers support.