Independence Township, the area most people know as Clarkston, sits northwest of Auburn Hills off I-75 and Sashabaw Road. It is rural-suburban country, with large lots, lakes and a housing stock that runs mostly on private wells and septic rather than city service. That makes well work the center of what we do here: pumps, pressure tanks and the water treatment that northern Oakland groundwater needs. An Independence Township home that loses water usually has a well problem, not a city one.
This is plumbing for Independence Township and the Clarkston area, where most homes are on their own water.
Private wells across the Clarkston area
The defining fact of plumbing here is that most homes are off municipal water. A private well with a pump and a pressure tank supplies the house, and when it fails there is no city main to fall back on, so no water means no water at all. We service the whole well system: a pump that has lost its prime or burned out, a pressure tank that has waterlogged and makes the pump short-cycle, and the pressure switch and controls that tie it together. On a well home, keeping that system healthy is the difference between water and none.
Pressure tanks, softeners and hard groundwater
Northern Oakland groundwater is hard and often heavy with iron, and left untreated it stains fixtures, clogs aerators and leaves a taste. Most Clarkston-area homes run a softener, and many need an iron filter ahead of it to handle what the well draws up. The pressure tank is the other half of the system, and a waterlogged tank is one of the most common calls, because it makes the pump cycle on and off until it wears out early. We size the treatment and the tank to the actual water rather than a generic setup.
Arsenic and water testing up north
Parts of northern Oakland County carry naturally occurring arsenic in the groundwater, and a well home cannot tell by taste whether its water has it. Testing is the only way to know, and where arsenic shows up it needs treatment built for it, not an ordinary softener. We test what a well is actually producing and set up treatment that matches, because on a private well the homeowner is the water system, and the quality is only as good as what is installed to manage it.
Plumbing services for Independence Township wells and homes
- Well pump repair and installation
Pumps, pressure tanks and controls for the Clarkston-area homes that are entirely on private wells.
- Water softener installation
Softeners and iron filters sized to the hard, iron-heavy groundwater most homes here draw.
- Water heater installation
Replacing heaters in rural-suburban homes where hard well water scales them early.
- Sump pump installation and repair
Keeping basements dry on the lake lots and low ground scattered through the township.
- Leak detection and repair
Finding leaks on a well system, where a hidden drip runs the pump and drives up the electric bill.
- Whole home repiping
Replacing aging supply lines in older rural homes that have outlasted their original pipe.
Getting to our office from Independence Township
From Independence Township, take Sashabaw Road to I-75 south, exit toward University Drive and Opdyke Road, and our office is just off University on Pond Run in Auburn Hills.
1780 Pond Run, Auburn Hills, MI 48326
Get directions to our Auburn Hills officeIndependence Township plumbing questions
My Independence Township well home lost water. What should I check?
On a private well, no water usually points to the pump, the pressure tank or the controls rather than anything in the house. A burned-out pump, a waterlogged tank or a failed pressure switch can all cut the supply, and there is no city main to fall back on. We diagnose the whole well system and get the water back on.
Should I test my Clarkston-area well for arsenic?
Yes. Parts of northern Oakland County have naturally occurring arsenic in the groundwater, and you cannot tell by taste or smell whether your well has it. A test is the only way to know, and where arsenic is present it needs treatment designed for it rather than an ordinary softener, which does not remove it.
Why does my well pump keep cycling on and off?
That short-cycling is usually a waterlogged pressure tank that has lost its air charge, so the pump switches on and off rapidly instead of running in longer cycles. Left alone it wears the pump out early. We can recharge or replace the tank and check the pressure switch so the pump runs the way it should.
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(207) 419-2600Near Independence Township
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Last updated October 28, 2026