Know your wellknowyourwell.ca · Nova Scotia Make a sheet

Know what the province's maps say about the well before you buy.

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An information tool built on the province's public maps and well records. Not an inspection, and not a water test. Every line shows its source and date.

Most of rural Nova Scotia drinks from a private well. Nobody tests until someone tells them which test to order.

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The sheet

One page. Every line carries its source and the date it was checked.

This is a real sheet for a real address in Hants County. Uranium, arsenic and the well logs come from the province's own map services; the radon zone comes from the province's published data file. Every line names its source and the date it was checked.

Pricing

Pay once for one address, or monthly for every file.

Buyers and homeowners pay $49 for one address. Realtors, home inspectors, appraisers and lawyers pay $49 a month for unlimited sheets with their own logo. The sheet appears on screen in seconds and saves as a PDF.

Buyer or homeowner

$49 · per address, one time

For the house you are about to make an offer on, or the one you already live in and never tested.

  • Arsenic and uranium risk tiers for the bedrock under the lot
  • Nearest logged wells: depth, yield, type, year
  • Radon zone and the long-term test instruction
  • The exact test panel, the public lab price, where to drop it
  • What to ask the seller for, and the four-line to-do list
Pay $49 and send the address

Online payment is being set up. For now this opens an email to Max; pay by e-transfer after you have the sheet.

Realtor, inspector, appraiser or lawyer

$49 · per month, unlimited sheets, your logo

Your logo on every sheet. Hand it to the client with your report or your file. The sheet recommends the test panel; you keep selling the sampling.

  • Unlimited sheets, any address in the province
  • Your business name and logo on the page
  • First month free for the first 20 professionals.
  • Cancel any month
Start at $49 a month

Online payment is being set up. For now this opens an email to Max; pay by e-transfer after you have the sheet.

Brokerage or law firm

Per file · by agreement

A sheet attached to every rural file in the office, billed per file, with the office's branding. Talk to Max about volume and about the coastal tier, which is added once the province confirms its data licence.

  • Per-file price agreed up front
  • Monthly invoice, one for the office
  • Coastal flood tier (today, 2050, 2100) when licensed
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What happens after you pay

  1. You type the address and pick the match from the province's civic address file.
  2. The sheet is built on the spot from the province's maps and well records and shown on screen.
  3. Open it as a PDF in a new tab and save it. Nothing is emailed to anyone.

Questions

The questions buyers ask.

Is this a water test?
No. It tells you what the province's maps say about the area and exactly which lab test to order. Only a lab test answers the question for your well. That sentence is printed on the bottom of every sheet.
Where do the numbers come from?
The Nova Scotia Civic Address File, the provincial Well Logs Database, and the Geoscience and Mines Branch risk maps for arsenic and uranium in well water and radon in indoor air. Each line names its source and the date it was checked.
What does "high risk area" mean?
For arsenic, that more than 15% of tested wells in that bedrock were over the 10 µg/L drinking-water guideline. For uranium, the same test against 20 µg/L. It is the odds for the area, not a result for your well.
What does the test cost?
At Nova Scotia Health's lab, the package covering arsenic, uranium, lead, nitrate, fluoride, manganese and bacteria was $93.60 on the January 2025 price list. Near the coast, the fuller package with chloride was $198.49. Prices are copied from the lab's list and dated on the sheet.
What does "licence confirmation pending" mean on the arsenic line?
The province publishes the arsenic map through a public map service that carries no licence statement. We asked the Geoscience and Mines Branch in writing on 2026-10-15 to confirm it may be used in a report like this, and we print that note until they answer. The tier itself matched the official viewer at every address we checked by hand.
Who made this?
Max Baker, a Nova Scotia business student, with the province's public data. This is not an inspection, an appraisal or legal advice.