Thousands of homes outside Peru — around Bunker Hill, Mexico, Macy, Amboy, Deedsville and across rural Miami and Cass County — draw their water from private wells, and when the pump quits there is no water at all. Summers repairs and replaces well pumps and pressure tanks, drills and sanitizes wells, and tests well water for iron, hardness, sulfur, nitrates and bacteria. Phones are answered 24/7 and after-hours emergency service is available for no-water calls. Family-owned since 1969.
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A well problem usually announces itself one of three ways: no water, pulsing or low pressure, or a pump that never shuts off. All three can be a failed pump, a waterlogged pressure tank, a bad pressure switch or a leak between the well and the house, and guessing wrong is expensive. Our Peru technicians test the pressure tank, check amp draw and pressure switch, and inspect the pitless adapter and drop pipe before recommending anything. Most Miami County well calls are scheduled same or next day, and our trucks carry submersible pumps, pressure tanks, switches and fittings for the common 4-inch wells in the county.
Submersible and jet pumps diagnosed and replaced, sized to your well depth and household demand. We pull and reset the pump with the right drop pipe and wire so the new one lasts.
Pitless adapter leaks, cracked casings, failed check valves, frozen or broken supply lines between the well and the house.
A waterlogged or undersized pressure tank short-cycles the pump and kills it early. We replace bladder tanks, set the precharge correctly and match the tank to the pump.
New wells for new homes and replacement wells for properties whose old shallow well has gone dry or failed a water test. Permitted through the Indiana DNR.
Shock chlorination after a bacteria-positive test, after pump work, or after flooding, followed by a retest.
Annual inspection of the well cap, casing, pressure tank and switch, plus a water test. Also the inspection you want before buying a rural Miami County home.
Well water in Miami County is hard and often high in iron and sulfur. We test, then size softeners, iron filters and reverse osmosis to the result.
Most rural wells around Peru draw from glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers at moderate depth, and the water they produce is hard, often iron-rich, and sometimes carries a sulfur smell. Older farmhouses toward Mexico, Macy and Amboy frequently still have shallow or dug wells that run low in dry Augusts and are more exposed to surface contamination after heavy rain — those are the wells we most often replace. Properties near the Wabash and Mississinewa see high water tables that keep pumps working but raise bacteria risk after floods.
We also serve well owners in Cass County from Peru — Logansport, Walton, Galveston, Royal Center and Lucerne — about 25 minutes down US 24.
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Usually a waterlogged pressure tank, a leak in the supply line, a stuck check valve or a pump that has lost capacity. Running constantly burns out the pump, so shut it off at the breaker and call — we diagnose all four on the first visit.
Annually for bacteria and nitrates, and any time taste, odor or color changes, after flooding, or after any work on the well. Hardness and iron should be tested when you size a softener or filter.
Yes. Well drilling, pump sizing, pressure tank setup and sanitization are all done by Summers, so one company is responsible for the whole system.
A submersible pump typically lasts 10–15 years; short-cycling from a bad pressure tank can cut that in half. If your pump is over 10 years old and the tank is original, have both checked together.
Yes. No-water calls are a priority. Phones are answered 24/7 and after-hours emergency service is available in Peru, Miami County and Cass County.
Summers Plumbing Heating & Cooling · 2589 S Business 31, Peru, IN 46970 · (765) 460-2660
