Why Choose Full Service?
Real Expertise. Real Peace of Mind.
In-Depth Testing
Certified lab results that go beyond the basics to give you a clear and accurate understanding of your water quality.
Expert Consultation
Backed by over 12+ years of professional experience working with contaminated soil and water across Canada - Wellspring knows what concerns are being overlooked and stays on top of the emerging contaminants and regulations.
Personalized Results
Professional insights tailored to your property and schedule. You get more than lab numbers, we help you identify your potential drinking water risks and provide personalized support.
Higher Standards
WellSpring offers sampling for potential concerns including heavy metals, pesticides/ herbicides, VOC's, PFAS (coming soon) and more - so you can address invisible threats with MAJOR health impacts.
If you don't test, you don't know.
Choose Your Full Service Plan
Explore our full service plans designed to meet your private well water testing needs.
Core
Ideal for private well owners who are low-risk or who need need routine testing to cover their basics.
$429
- Total Coliform & E.Coli, general chemistry and metals (heavy and trace) including lead, arsenic, nitrates, aluminum, manganese.
- On Site professional sampling, sample drop off and lab coordination.
- Property water-risk screen, easy to read digital report and 15 min Call to review your results.
- Includes 1 Free bacteria retest (Total Coliform/E. Coli)*
Core Plus
Recommended as a baseline for homeowners living within 1 km of the coast or agriculture/ farming.
$1147
- Includes all features of Core plan plus key indicators of overall water quality, important to your health and your home/plumbing. Including: additional metals (Heavy and trace inc. Mercury, Boron, Antimony+) detailed nutrient profiling: (Nitrate, Nitrite, TDS, turbidity).
- 64 pesticides/herbicides including Atrazine, Metribuzin and Clothianidin used in agriculture, forestry and farming operations on PEI.
- Salt water intrusion indicators (Bromine, Iodine, Sodium, Chloride + Bromide, SAR).
- On-site professional sampling + sample shipping and lab coordination.
- Property water-risk screen, easy to read digital report and 30 min Call to review your results.
- Includes 1 Free bacteria retest (Total Coliform/ E.Coli)*
Core Premium
Best for those who want a more comprehensive review, have unknown or on-going water quality issues and recommended to complete prior to purchasing a property.
$2335
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All features of Core Plus and 14 additional herbicides including 2,4-D, DICAMBA and MCPA, that are highly mobile in water from agriculture, forestry and farming operations or near landfills/former landfills. - BTEX/MTBE (Fuel/ petroleum products) testing common near high traffic areas/ along highways, near gas stations landfills/former landfills and for homes with former fuel tanks/ fuel storage on-site or buried debris.
- VOC's (Chemicals related to use of household/commercial/industrial products, debris & disposal)
- On-site professional sampling + sample shipping and lab coordination
- Property water-risk screen, easy to read digital report and 30 min Call to review your results.
- Includes 1 Free bacteria retest (Total Coliform/ E. Coli)*
Compare Full Service Plans
| What’s included | Core | Core Plus | Core Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria (Total Coliform/E. coli) - PEI Lab | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| General chemistry † | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Heavy metals + additional trace metals (partner lab) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 64 Pesticide/Herbicide screen (cert. lab off-island) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Saltwater intrusion indicators (Bromide, Chloride, Sodium, TDS+) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plumbing health indicators (Hardness, silica, sulfate, calcium+) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| 14 additional high risk herbicides (cert. lab off-island) | — | — | ✓ |
| Petroleum/fuel products — BTEX + MTBE (cert. lab off-island) | — | — | ✓ |
| Household/Commercial/Industrial chemicals - Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs - cert. lab off-island) | — | — | ✓ |
| On-site professional sampling & chain-of-custody | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Property water-risk screen & plain-language report | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 15-min results call | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 1 free bacteria retest (within 7 days) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| From price (ex. tax) | $429 + tax | $1,147 + tax | $2,335 + tax |
† General chemistry in Core is performed at the PEI lab.
General chemistry in Core Plus and Core Premium is performed at a certified
off-island partner lab (extended panel). We don’t publish partner lab names to protect routing capacity.
Travel: Included within 60 km (one-way) of St. Peter’s Bay. Outside 60 km a $25 (tax. inc.) travel fee is required.
Retest: One on-site bacteria retest within 7 days (radius rules apply; bacteria only).
How Does It Work?
Step 1: Schedule Appointment
Begin by selecting a sampling plan and convenient time for your appointment. Upon selection of an appointment time, you will be guided through the payment process and to ensure a seamless start.
Step 2: Sample Collection
Check your email for Confirmation details. Then the professional sample collection and your drinking water risk screening is conducted on the scheduled date. Samples are preserved and couriered or shipped to the lab for certified testing.
Step 3: Laboratory Analysis
An accredited lab analyzes the samples for the selected contaminants, ensuring you receive accurate results based on Canadian standardized and approved testing methods.
Please note: Plus and Premium testing includes specialized tests which take 15 days for the lab to process.
Step 4: Reporting and Review
Following receipt of lab analysis, we personalize the data into an easy to read digital report and schedule a 1:1 call with you to review your results and discuss any questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your questions answered. Here’s what you need to know about our Full Service water sampling.
Regular testing is your first line of defence against unseen hazards (you can’t even taste). PEI offers free microbial (total coliform & E. coli) and general chemistry (pH, hardness, nitrate, most ions) testing for private well owners which is a great way to encourage testing (note: some metals and water quality indicators are excluded). Even a basic screen is infinitely better than none!
With WellSpring’s professional expertise and services, you’ll:
Reduce costly retests by targeting the right parameters from the start.
Pinpoint hidden threats – heavy metals, pesticides, VOCs, PFAS (coming soon) before they have major impacts on your families health.
Help avoid thousands in unnecessary expenses and installing the wrong water-treatment systems. By getting certified testing and science-backed recommendations we can help you confirm your water is treated for the right concerns.
Don’t gamble on your water quality – even if you don’t choose WellSpring we encourage you to utilize PEI’s free testing programs and check out our Consultation services for more options.
Understanding your testing requirements is an important part of our water risk review and reporting.
Depending on your testing history and risk area, recommendations may vary but in general for private well owners PEI /Canada recommendations align with the below:
Micro/Bacteria (Total Coliform & E.Coli) – every year. Semi-annually is recommended in higher-risk areas/periods (spring thaw, after dry-spells, or flooding etc.).
General Chemistry & Heavy Metals – Include in Baseline Testing, if there are no concerns adjust to every 2-3 years.
Specialized Tests:
Pesticides/Herbicides – if you live near agricultural land or use pesticides, annually is recommended; 2-3 years thereafter.
VOCs/Petroleum Products – homes near industrial sites, gas stations, former landfills or who had former fuel tanks or fuel spills. Sample to get your baseline, if no issues adjust to 3-5 years.
It is also recommended to Evaluate & Test:
Before using a new or repaired well.
After flooding, land disturbance, or septic failure.
If you notice changes in taste, odor, or color, or health symptoms in your household.
When vulnerable people (infants, immunocompromised, pregnant & nursing) move in.
- Before using if you overwinter your home/cottage.
Check our our resources page or send us an email if you have any questions or would like select sampling (such as Pesticides only)!
Our process starts with a sample collection from your source (most commonly Kitchen Sink) and a risk review/ visual walk around & history of your property (well location, plumbing piping material etc.) to help you understand your testing results and prevent drinking water concerns.
We drop off and/or ship collected samples to the lab for certified testing. Once lab data is reviewed we personalize your properties results, and recommendations and issue your final digital report via email with a link to book your call to review (phone or online via Google Meet).
Our lab testing is done partially on island and through a third party lab off Island, as the detailed and special testing we offer are not available on PEI.
The lab has set prices ($200-300 for each contaminant group) and we add a professional fee on top to cover our reporting, travel, insurance and business expenses. One of our goals is to make these tests more accessible to homeowners – when we can access savings we will pass those wins on to you through lower pricing and offerings.
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If your water results show drinking water guideline exceedances or concerns our reports will outline each and include recommendations for how you can address them.
Total Coliform/E. Coli samples are usually received within 2 days of drop off. If Bacteria is detected we notify you within 24hrs of any reported exceedances (full report is only issued upon all data being received by the lab). All other testing requires 10-15 business days in the lab once the lab confirms receipt and processing and then reports are issued within 2-3 business days thereafter.
If you have a high priority or tight timelines please reach out to us before hand so we can try to accommodate.