UNSPSC 70171707: Water well maintenance or management services

UNSPSC 70171707 Water well maintenance or management services is a Commodity code capturing state and local procurement activity centered on inspection, repair, rehabilitation, testing, and abandonment of municipal and private water wells serving drinking water systems, irrigation, industrial facilities, and agricultural operations. State and local governments are purchasing comprehensive well services including video surveys, casing repairs, well abandonment and plugging, pump and electrical maintenance, water quality testing, flow verification, and site restoration—typically bundled with associated infrastructure work such as chemical feed system installation, electrical controls, and tank or line connections.

The issuing-body mix spans water departments and utilities in cities (DeBary and Albany in Florida and Georgia; Groton and Sterling in Connecticut; Bend and Lubbock in Texas; Austin in Texas; Reynolds and Wrens in Georgia; Meriden in Connecticut), counties (Sarasota, Seminole, Gwinnett in Florida and Georgia; Onslow in North Carolina; San Bernardino in California; Boulder in Colorado; Escambia in Florida), state environmental and oil-and-gas agencies (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy; Mississippi Oil and Gas Board; Illinois Department of Corrections; Oregon Parks and Recreation; Texas Parks and Wildlife), special districts (Hilldale Water District in Mississippi; Onslow Water & Sewer Authority in North Carolina), and regional transit authorities. Michigan and Mississippi dominate recent activity, each issuing multiple orphan oil-and-gas well plugging solicitations funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Albany's sealed-bid solicitation for Well No. 21 rehabilitation (RFQ, bids due November 16, 2026); the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department's competitive bid for design and installation of a replacement water supply well at Silver Falls State Park (ITB #14709, bids due November 2, 2026); Michigan EGLE's closed-competition direct solicitation for the Gilbert orphan well plugging project in Kent County (proposals due October 12, 2026, restricted to prequalified vendors); the Onslow Water & Sewer Authority's sealed-bid solicitation for video inspection and well assessment of Black Creek Well #13 (bids due November 5, 2026); and the Mississippi Oil and Gas Board's IFB for plugging, remediation, and reclamation of nine orphaned wells in Jasper and Jones Counties (bids due December 18, 2026). Geographic spread is concentrated in the South (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas), Upper Midwest (Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin), and select Western states (Oregon, Colorado, California), with orphan well activity clustered in Michigan and Mississippi under federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding.