J P Whitter (Waterwell Engineers) Ltd

J P Whitter (Waterwell Engineers) Ltd is a long-established family company serving Leigh and clients across the UK and Europe. It specialises in waterwell engineering, artesian well boring and sinking, with experience covering potable and non-potable water supplies.

The company drills new water-supply boreholes using cable-tool, rotary and reverse-circulation methods, and can provide turnkey installations from feasibility studies and drilling through to test pumping, pump sizing, connection and commissioning. Its work includes boreholes for domestic, agricultural, commercial, industrial, development, water and energy applications, including geothermal schemes.

Alongside drilling, the team supplies, hires and installs electric submersible borehole pumps, manufactures rising mains and headworks, and provides pump testing, repair and a 24-hour breakdown service for water-supply borehole pumps. Borehole cleaning, rehabilitation, refurbishment, CCTV surveys, geophysical logging and test pumping are also available.

Further support includes hydrogeological reports, feasibility studies, filtration work, abstraction-licence and consent applications, environmental impact assessments, and borehole decommissioning and backfilling. The company works with its own specialist equipment and directly employed labour, making it suitable for private, agricultural, commercial, industrial, infrastructure and public-sector projects requiring a complete water-borehole service.