Well Program
Groundwater Protection :: Program Areas
Well Program
- Large Capacity Water Supply Wells
- Monitoring Wells
- Recovery Wells
- Well Construction Technical Assistance
Large Capacity Water Supply Wells
- Permits are required to construct any water supply well or water well system with a design capacity equal to or greater than 100,000 gallons per day.
- Applicable well construction standards are described in 15A NCAC 2C .0107.
- Permit applications are to be submitted to the appropriate DWR Regional Office of the region in which the proposed well or well system will be constructed.
- Permits are issued by DWR Regional Offices within 15 days of receipt of a complete permit application package.
Monitoring Wells
- Permits are required to construct any monitoring well or monitoring well system constructed to assess hydrogeologic conditions on property not owned by the well owner.
- Applicable well construction standards are described in 15A NCAC 2C .0108.
- Permit applications are to be submitted to the appropriate DWR Regional Office of the region in which the proposed well or well system will be constructed.
- Permits are issued by DWR Regional Offices within 15 days of receipt of a complete permit application package.
Recovery Wells
- Permits are required to construct any well or well system constructed to recover contaminated groundwater or other liquids from the subsurface.
- Applicable well construction standards are described in 15A NCAC 2C .0108.
- Permit applications are to be submitted to the appropriate DWR Regional Office of the region in which the proposed well or well system will be constructed.
- Permits are issued by DWR Regional Offices within 15 days of receipt of a complete permit application package.
Well Construction Technical Assistance
- Private water wells are handled by local health departments of the Division of Environmental Health.
- Well complaints are handled by the DWR Regional Offices.
- Well driller certification rules and exams are handled by the Well Contractors Certification Commission.
- Injection wells are handled by the Underground Injection Control Program.
- Other well issues are handled by Michael Rogers, or any other staff member of the Groundwater Protection Branch.
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