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Environmental Land Surveying & Solutions

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Environmental Land Surveying & Solutions

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20 years of experience

Environmental Land Surveying and Solutions (ELSS) is a company of professionals dedicated to delivering superior professional engineering, land surveying, and other related services within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

Environmental Land Surveying and Solutions (ELSS) is a company of professionals dedicated to delivering superior professional engineering, land surveying, and other related services within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and neighboring states.

Peters Consultants, Inc.

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Peters Consultants, Inc.

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49 years of experience

Peters Consultants, Inc. is a full service consulting engineering/design firm located in Berwick and Bloomsburg Pennsylvania, and has provided professional consulting services in the engineering, environmental and land surveying disciplines to municipal, authorities, commercial, industrial and private clients since 1975. We are a leading provider of engineering services in northeastern Pennsylvania by using sound and practical engineering judgment and skills when evaluating potential projects.

Peters Consultants, Inc. is a full service consulting engineering/design firm located in Berwick and Bloomsburg Pennsylvania, and has provided professional consulting services in the engineering, environmental and land surveying disciplines to municipal, authorities, commercial, industrial and private clients since 1975. We are a leading provider of engineering services in northeastern Pennsylvania by using sound and practical engineering judgment and skills when evaluating potential projects.

G Force Engineering Services, LLC

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G Force Engineering Services, LLC

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15 years of experience

Engineering Services Include: Mine Engineering, Mine permitting, Mine surveying, Civil engineering, Site design, Structural steel & concrete design Municipal plans, Wetland delineation, Storm water management plans, Erosion & sedimentation control plans, Roadway management plans, Water Treatment, Treatment System Management Surveying Services Include: ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, Residential and Commercial Subdivisions, Oil & gas well surveys, Construction surveys, Topographic surveys, Survey grade GPS surveys As built surveys Geologic/Hydrogeological Services Include: Geologic & hydrogeologic studies, Source water analysis, Fracture trace analysis, Core boring analysis, Geophysics evaluation

Engineering Services Include: Mine Engineering, Mine permitting, Mine surveying, Civil engineering, Site design, Structural steel & concrete design Municipal plans, Wetland delineation, Storm water management plans, Erosion & sedimentation control plans, Roadway management plans, Water Treatment, Treatment System Management Surveying Services Include: ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, Residential and Commercial Subdivisions, Oil & gas well surveys, Construction surveys, Topographic surveys, Survey grade GPS surveys As built surveys Geologic/Hydrogeological Services Include: Geologic & hydrogeologic studies, Source water analysis, Fracture trace analysis, Core boring analysis, Geophysics evaluation

Land Surveying questions, answered by experts

There are a couple of ways you can determine the depth of your well. One method is to use a device called a well sounder. This tool has a long measuring tape containing a sensor to alert you once the end reaches the water. 

Or you can DIY it by using a long tape measure with a half-filled bottle of water attached to it. Lower the tape measure into your well. Once you feel tension on the tape, you’ll know the bottle has reached your static water level. This will give you an approximate idea of your well’s depth.

The small lines on the tape measure either indicate inches, fractions of an inch, or centimeters and millimeters. On the imperial unit side (aka the inches side), the longest lines indicate inches, followed by the next shortest lines that indicate a half-inch, and then the quarter, eighth, and sixteenth-inch. On the metric side, the lines break down meters, centimeters, and millimeters.

A few different types of land surveys can help determine certain features and boundaries of your property. These include:

  • Boundary surveys describe the actual borders of a property. These are generally required when trying to get construction permits issued. 

  • Location surveys provide much of the same information as a boundary survey but also include in-depth information about any improvements made to your property. 

  • Mortgage location surveys are usually required by lenders and title companies before financing or offering an insurance policy. 

  • Site-planning surveys are done before applying for building permits and can be issued before any major home improvements. 

  • Topographic surveys provide a formal map of land elevations. It can also describe the location and size of natural features and any land improvements.

A land survey can take anywhere from a few hours to a month or more, depending on the size of the property, the type of survey, the property’s accessibility and topography, and the availability of historical property records. A simple boundary survey to determine a fence line can be completed in a day while surveying 50 acres of undeveloped woodlands may take weeks or longer.

If a buyer pays for a survey, the surveyor they hired will only provide results to them. It’s up to the buyer whether they share the survey results with the seller or not, even if they ultimately walk away from the deal. It’s considered good faith to share the results with the seller, though, especially if you back out of the deal, as the seller can then provide that survey to future interested parties.

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