The well behind your sprinklers is a pump system too
Melbourne's tap water comes from the city's own utility, which draws on Lake Washington and deep Floridan aquifer wells and also supplies the beach towns and Palm Shores (City of Melbourne). That means most calls here aren't about drinking water. They're about the shallow well, pump and pressure tank that keep a Florida lawn alive, plus the smaller number of homes that still run the whole house on their own well.
Either way, a well pump is not a sprinkler-timer problem and not a plumber's problem. It's a pump, a motor, a switch, a tank and a pipe in the ground. We put you through to a licensed local contractor who works on exactly that.
Call (321) 220-9883What we can help with
Well Pump Repair
Find and fix the fault on pumps that won't start, won't stop, lose prime or trip the breaker.
Well Pump Replacement
A new jet, centrifugal or submersible pump matched to your well and your sprinkler zones or household.
Submersible Well Pumps
Testing, pulling and replacing pumps that sit down inside the well.
Jet & Sprinkler Pumps
Above-ground jet and centrifugal pumps on shallow wells, including sprinkler pumps.
Pressure Tanks & Switches
Waterlogged tanks, burnt switches and short cycling on household and irrigation systems.
No Water From Well
Urgent help when the house well stops, with safe checks you can do first.
What Melbourne homeowners usually call about
- Sprinkler pump runs, zones barely spray. Lost prime, a clogged screen or a worn impeller.
- Pump hums and won't start. Often a start capacitor or relay, and sometimes a seized motor.
- Breaker trips the moment the pump kicks on. Don't keep resetting it.
- Pump cycling on and off with nothing running, usually a leak or a waterlogged tank.
- Orange stains on the driveway and walls from iron in shallow well water.
- House well losing pressure on older and larger-lot properties.
How a call works
- Call (321) 220-9883 and say where you are and what the pump is doing.
- We connect you with a local well and pump contractor who covers your part of Melbourne.
- They test before they replace: power, capacitor, switch, tank and pump.
- You get the price before work starts.
A note on watering rules
St. Johns River Water Management District watering days apply to private wells as well as city water. Only reclaimed water is exempt (SJRWMD). A working well isn't permission to water every day, but a broken one means you can't water on your days either.
Where we work
Melbourne ZIP codes 32901, 32934, 32935 and 32940, plus the towns around them:
- Melbourne 32901
- Melbourne 32934
- Melbourne 32935
- Melbourne 32940
- Eau Gallie
- Downtown Melbourne
- Windover Farms
- Lake Washington Road area
- Melbourne Beachside
- Pineda
- Suntree
- Viera
- Palm Shores
- Rockledge
- Cocoa
- Indialantic
- Melbourne Beach
- Satellite Beach
- Indian Harbour Beach
Common questions
Most of Melbourne is on city water. Who actually has a well?
Lots of homes. Many Melbourne-area houses drink city water but water the lawn from their own shallow irrigation well, and some older and larger-lot properties still run the whole house on a private well.
Do you fix sprinkler (irrigation) well pumps?
Yes. Irrigation pumps are the most common Melbourne call: pumps that hum, lose prime, run without moving water or trip the breaker.
Which areas do you cover?
Melbourne and Eau Gallie, Suntree, Viera, Pineda, Palm Shores, Rockledge, Cocoa and the beach towns from Satellite Beach to Melbourne Beach. See service areas.
Can I get a price on the phone?
You can get a sense of the likely options. A firm price comes once the contractor has tested the system, and always before any work starts.