Water testing
53-parameter certified lab panel, sampled at your house.
$185Flat rateDetails
Service area
Water treatment and plumbing in Cottonwood
With Cornville, Clarkdale and Jerome. This is the part of the county where the arsenic conversation is most concrete.
Cottonwood
What the water is like here
Of everywhere in the county, this is where the arsenic conversation stops being theoretical. Readings well above the EPA limit of 10 µg/L have been recorded on private wells in this area — including readings in the Cornville area many times that figure.
Arsenic has no taste, no smell and no color. It does not make water look bad or the kettle scale up. There is no way to know without a laboratory, and no handheld device measures it. If you are on a well between Cottonwood and Cornville and have never run a panel, that is the single most worthwhile $185 in this entire price list.
Sourced, not estimated
The published numbers for Cottonwood
| Measure | Published figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | Not published. The city’s report has no hardness row. | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
| Arsenic | System average 8 ppb, but the range across the wells runs 0–13 against a limit of 10 — which is why treatment here is a street-by-street question | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
| Sodium | 19–120 ppm depending which well you are on | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
| Chromium | 13 ppb, range 4.5–13 | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
| Nitrate | 0.60 ppm, range 0.11–0.60 | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
| Source | Eight wells into the deep regional aquifer, Verde Valley sub-basin | City of Cottonwood, 2024 |
Every figure above is reproduced from the linked report. Where a utility does not publish a measurement — hardness is unregulated, so most do not — this table says so rather than printing a number nobody can check.
Local detail
The point-of-use answer
If the panel comes back with arsenic over the limit, whole-house removal is reference-priced at $4,750 — and it is not work CreekWell can take on, because it passes the $1,000 exemption ceiling.
What is available, and what most households actually do, is under-sink reverse osmosis at $829. It treats the water you drink and cook with, which is where the exposure that matters comes from. It is the affordable, effective answer and it is honest about what it does not cover: the shower and the laundry still get untreated water, which for arsenic is not the concern.
Iron and manganese
Orange staining in sinks and tubs is iron; black or purple-gray is manganese. Both are common on Verde Valley wells. They are nuisance contaminants rather than health ones, but they ruin fixtures and laundry and they are worth knowing about before they do.
Jerome
Old buildings on a steep hill, which is its own category of plumbing. Access is often tight and the pipe is often older than anyone currently living there. Worth a conversation on the phone before scheduling so nobody is surprised.
What we do in Cottonwood
Reverse osmosis
Under-sink drinking water, installed, hole drilling included.
from $829InstalledDetailsDrain clearing
Any drain in the house, including the main line.
$179Flat rateDetailsWater heater service
Flush, anode, valves. Tankless descaling from $250.
from $250DescalingDetailsWhole-house arsenic and iron removal are reference-priced but not currently installed — see the licensing note.
Service status — September 2026
Rebranding, and adding licenses
Aqua Cat Plumbing & Water Treatment is now CreekWell Plumbing & Water Treatment. Same owner, same phone number.
We are adding Arizona contractor licenses, and we are not booking new work until that is done — a few weeks. Jobs already on the schedule are not affected.
For new work, hold a place in the first round or call or text 928-228-5770. Bookings go in the order they come in, at the prices published on this site. No deposit.
Straight answers
Questions we get asked
Can you come out right now?
Not for new work. We are rebranding and adding Arizona contractor licenses, and we are not booking new jobs for a few weeks. Jobs already on the schedule are not affected.
Leave your name on the list or call or text 928-228-5770. Bookings go in the order they come in, at the prices published on this site, with no deposit.
Should I be worried about arsenic in Cornville?
You should test. Readings far above the EPA limit have been recorded in this area.
The EPA maximum contaminant level is 10 micrograms per liter for public systems; private wells have no legal limit. Arsenic is undetectable by taste, smell, color or any handheld meter. The $185 lab panel is the only way to know.
If my well has arsenic, what can you actually do?
Install an under-sink reverse osmosis system, from $829, for the water you drink and cook with.
Whole-house arsenic removal is $4,750 reference-priced and outside what CreekWell can legally install. Point-of-use RO is the standard affordable answer and handles the exposure route that matters most.
What causes the orange stains in my sink?
Iron. Black or gray-purple staining is manganese.
Both are common on Verde Valley wells and both show up on the $185 panel. Neither is a health concern at typical levels, but both are hard on fixtures and laundry.
Not a licensed contractor
Work is performed under the Arizona handyman exemption, A.R.S. § 32-1121(A)(14): any single project is limited to less than $1,000 including labor and materials, and excludes work requiring a building permit and all natural gas and propane work. Neil Staiger has 32 years of Arizona plumbing experience and holds current manufacturer certifications from Moen, Kohler, Navien, Rinnai and Charger Water Treatment Products. More about that. Additional Arizona contractor licenses are in progress.
The list
Hold a place in the first round of appointments
New work is not being booked for a few weeks while we rebrand and add contractor licenses. Jobs already scheduled are not affected.