Well Program

Groundwater Protection :: Program Areas

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.

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.

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.

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.