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Geotechnical Services, INC

5,346 WWC-5 records name this contractor — 1.7% of the Kansas register, from 1990 to 2014.

What this page is, and what it is not

A count of the completion records that name this contractor. It is not a rating, a review, or a comment on anyone’s work — nothing in the WWC-5 register measures quality. What it does show is where a contractor works and what depths they report, which is what somebody comparing quotes actually wants to know.

5,346Records
25 ftMedian depth
71Counties
1990–2014Years
Medians, on the records where the driller reported a figure — never a mean, which a handful of deep irrigation wells would carry away
MeasurementMedian90th percentileKansas median
Depth25 ft55.4 ft60 ft — shallower here (5,339 records, 100 %)
Static water level14.78 ft36.52 ft24 ft — lower here (3,488 records, 65 %)
Estimated yield0.5 gpm0.5 gpm25 gpm — lower here (1 records, 0 %)

Where they work

CountyRecordsShare
Sedgwick2,03438.0%
Reno65012.2%
Butler2624.9%
Harvey1793.3%
Sumner1763.3%
Barton1522.8%
Ford1472.7%
Saline1452.7%
Wyandotte1332.5%
Phillips1192.2%
Montgomery841.6%
Johnson801.5%
Barber701.3%
Douglas701.3%
Kingman641.2%
Shawnee641.2%
Mcpherson611.1%
Finney551.0%
Ellis541.0%
Seward430.8%
Rice410.8%
Cloud330.6%
Russell290.5%
Neosho280.5%

What they drill

Water useRecordsShare
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer4,40982.5%
Environmental Remediation, Air Sparge3165.9%
Environmental Remediation, Soil Vapor Extraction2745.1%
Environmental Remediation, Recovery1442.7%
Environmental Remediation, Injection681.3%
Domestic310.6%
Other260.5%
Test hole/well250.5%
Domestic, Lawn and Garden220.4%
(unstated)/abandoned160.3%

Over what years

DecadeRecordsShare
2010s97418.2%
2000s2,77351.9%
1990s1,59929.9%

Plugging records — on this contractor's records

1,657 of the 5,346 records on this contractor's records carry a plugging report (31.0%), filed on form WWC-5P. The other 3,689 do not.

That is not a list of abandoned wells, and this site never calls them that. Kansas defines abandonment by use — a well unused for two years — and nothing in this register tracks use. What the absence of a plugging report does mean is that the State has never been told the well was sealed. On the 574 records here completed before 1995, that is exactly what a buyer checks. Why it matters and who pays.

An unplugged well on land in Kansas?

3,689 of the 5,346 records in Kansas have no plugging report on file. If a well on your land is no longer used, Kansas requires it to be plugged and the duty falls on the landowner — with cost-share of up to USD 1,000 per well through the Kansas Department of Agriculture. This site reads the register; it does not drill and it does not plug. Tell us where and we pass the request to licensed Kansas well contractors.

We recommend no contractor and we are nobody's agent. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

The records

Geotechnical Services, INC — « plugging report » reads yes where a WWC-5P was filed and a dash where none was, which is NOT a finding that the well is abandoned. A 0 means the driller reported no figure, not a measurement of zero. The legal description is on the record, never on a page.
WWC-5Drilled byUseDepth (ft)Yield (gpm)YearPlugging report
463980Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer5002013—
463981Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer6002013—
464179Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer38.502013—
464180Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer39.502013—
464181Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer37.7502013—
464343Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002013—
464344Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002013—
464345Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002013—
464777Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer14.3502013—
464778Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer16.9502013—
464779Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer12.4502013—
464780Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer17.6402013—
464781Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer17.0502013—
465041Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer31.702013—
465042Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3202013—
465860Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer19.802013—
466542Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer31.8502013—
466543Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer31.8702013—
466544Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer34.4402013—
466545Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer31.9102013—
466596Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer20.7302013—
466782Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3102013—
466783Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.502013—
467184Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467185Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467186Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467187Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467188Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467189Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467190Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467191Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection5202013—
467246Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3202013—
467247Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3202013—
467248Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3202013—
468239Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer22.9502013—
469190Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469191Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469192Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469193Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002013—
469194Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
469195Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469196Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469197Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3302013—
469198Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
469278Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection2002013—
469279Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection2002013—
469280Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection17.502013—
469281Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection2002013—
469282Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection19.502013—
469283Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection14.502013—
469284Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection17.2502013—
469291Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Injection36.502013—
470367Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer8002013—
470368Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4502013—
470369Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer8002013—
470370Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer5002013—
470371Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer8002013—
470919Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3902013—
470920Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
470921Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3302013—
470922Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3302013—
470923Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
470924Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3502013—
470925Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002013—
470926Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002013—
470927Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002013—
470928Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002013—
471059Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4502013—
471060Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3402013—
471061Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4302013—
471062Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4502013—
471063Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer44.9602013—
471064Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer44.502013—
471065Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer44.502013—
471087Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.4402013—
471088Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.5902013—
471092Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
471093Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.502013—
471094Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
471095Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
471096Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.3302013—
471097Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2502013—
471098Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer27.7902013—
471962Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer10.502013—
471963Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer10.502013—
472558Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
472559Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002013—
472572Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer16302013—
472573Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer15602013—
472574Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer166.502013—
472575Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer15202013—
472576Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer157.1502013—
472577Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer134.302013—
472578Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer139.2102013—
472625Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2102013—
472626Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer26.502013—
472627Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3402013—
472628Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer33.502013—
472629Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2702013—
472630Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer25.502013—
472631Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2102013—
472632Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2902013—
472633Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2102013—
472634Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2702013—
472705Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer32.7102013—
472707Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer30.0402013—
472708Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.102013—
472710Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer29.9602013—
472712Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer30.502013—
473427Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer22.1502013—
473428Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer24.3302013—
452429Geotechnical Services, INCEnvironmental Remediation, Recovery4802012—
453239Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2502012—
453242Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2502012—
453584Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002012—
453585Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002012—
453586Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3002012—
453810Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3902012—
453811Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453812Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3702012—
453813Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453814Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3702012—
453815Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453816Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3802012—
453817Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453818Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4002012—
453819Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453820Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3802012—
453821Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453822Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer3802012—
453823Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2002012—
453979Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer10.7502012—
453980Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer13.502012—
453981Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1502012—
453982Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1502012—
454024Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer2902012—
454025Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer4202012—
454351Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1902012—
454352Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1902012—
454353Geotechnical Services, INCMonitoring well/observation/piezometer1902012—

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