If this is for a new building lot, the lot must be approved for
building first.
If this for an existing lot or for a lot that has been approved for building, you must come to the Health Department and complete a well permit application and submit the appropriate application fee. For a single-family residence, the fee is $263.00 and for a commercial/agriculture well, the fee is $263.00. The permit fee for a well alteration is $113.00. Bring with you a scaled drawing of your lot and have the location of the new well designated on that plot plan. You will have to draw this on the well permit application. The well must meet certain distance requirements, which are as follows:
10 Lot lines and easements
10 Properly sealed well
25 Road or Highway
10 Properly constructed well
15 Driveway
10 Structures, buildings, and foundations
10 Sewer drains watertight pipe
50 Stables, manure piles, etc.
50 septic tank
100 Leaching privies
50 leach bed
100 Drainage wells
100 leaching pit
300 Manure Lagoons
100 vault privies
100 Animal or poultry yards (less than 1000 animal units)
100 Land application of septage waste or sludge
500 Animal or poultry yards (greater than 1000 animal units)
50 Underground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks less than 1100 gallons
150 Underground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks greater than 1100 gallons w/secondary containment
300 Underground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks greater than 11200 gallons w/out secondary containment
25 Above ground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks less than 1100 gallons
5 Above ground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks less than 1100 gallons w/secondary containment
50 Above ground fuel oil, liquid petroleum, chemical or gasoline storage
tanks greater than 1100 gallons w/ out secondary containment
25 Vertical or horizontal geothermal loop systems with low toxicity
heat transfer fluid
50 Vertical or horizontal geothermal loop systems with high toxicity
heat transfer fluid
200 Composting facilities
25 Streams, lakes, ponds, ditches
100 Oil and gas wells
150 Storage or preparation area for fertilizers or pesticides
100 Salt storage piles
1000 Municipal solid waste, residual waste, industrial waste, and
construction and demolition debris landfills
The department may set isolation distance requirements in excess of those set forth in this rule if conditions are known to exist where the distance set forth in this rule is considered insufficient to protect the public health and the private water system from contamination.
No potential source of contamination may be constructed or permanently
placed within the above cited isolation distances from a water supply of
a private water system. A private water system owner shall be responsible
for maintaining isolation.
Before the well is drilled, a stake must be placed at the desired location and marked Well. The property owner must contact the Health Department to make an appointment for an inspection of the location. If approved, an approved tag will be placed on the stake so that the well driller knows that they can drill in that location. The well permit will be mailed to you after the site location has been approved.
Call for an inspection after the well has been drilled and the pitless adapter has been installed.
When the plumbing is completed, chlorinate your well and water system. See Chlorination procedure.
Call for a water sample after the chlorine has been flushed off. Water samples are taken Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Water samples shall be collected a minimum of 48 hours after the well has been chlorinated and completely flushed to remove all residual chlorine from the system. Water to be tested shall be checked for the presence of chlorine prior to analysis.
It is best not to flush a great amount of water into the sewage system.
One water sample is included in the well permit fee. There is an additional $48.00 fee for additional water samples.
A negative water sample report for total coliform is required before the well can be approved.
Page last updated: 1/10/2006