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You may construct the well and/or install the pump yourselftf the well is entirety for your own use, is on progeny ~u own„and is constructed or pump equipment is installed whh equipmem owned and operated by you. his vour .s ansibii' to complete and submit the Well Construction and Test Report, Fortn Number GWS31 and/or the Pump ~stallation and Test Report, Fonn Number GWS32 These forms are available from our offices. The well must be onstructed and the pump installed in accordance with the well construction standards of the State Board of Examiners Water Weli Construction and Pump Installation Contractors. HE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP WSTALlAT1ON RULES STATE THAT ALL WELLS OF THIS TYPE MUST BE HE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION RULES ARE AVAILABLE FROM DMSION OF WATER ESOURC6 OFFlCES FOR A FEE OF 53.00. The rules cover well construction, pump installation, disinfection, ~andonment and contractor licensing regulations. h you are constructing your own well or installing pumping auipmerrt, h is recommended that you obtain a copy of these rules for reference. IFI I R TO BE PLL1GGEp AND ABANDONED MUST BE PLl1GGED M ACCORDANCE WfTH RULE 11 (SHOWN ElOW) OF THE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION RULES. A WElJ_ ABANDONMENT REPORT, 7RM NUMBER GWS-9 MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CONFlRM THE PLUGGING OF THE WELL THIS FORM IS VALLABLE FROM OUR OFFlCES. ' JLE 11 ABANDONMENT STANDARDS .1 General .1.1 The plugging and sealing of all wells and test holes is necessary to prevent contamination of groun water and the migration of water through the unused borehole. h is the uhimate responsibility of the wet ownerto have a well propery plugged and abandoned. The well construction contractor is responsibt for notifying the well owner of the plugging and abandonment requiremem pursuam to this Rule 11. .12 Persons authorized to install pumping equipment may plug and abandon wells which do not require th removal of casing from more than one aquifer or the ripping or pertorating of casing opposhe confinin layers. .1.3 All materials used for backfiiling shall be clean, free from comaminartts and chemically inert 2 Uncardared WeOs-Wells completed into unconfined aquifers shall be abandoned by filling with eithe on-site materials, clean sand or gravel to the static water level, then with chemically inert materials t the ground surface. A permanent watertight cover shall be installed at the top of the casing. The casin may be art oft up to five (~ feet below ground level provided the watertight cover is welded o permanently attached to the top of the casing and the hole is backfilled to the land surface. 21 Cathodic protection holes, dewatering wells, harizomal drains, monitoring and observation holes percolation holes, piezometer holes, sump pumps and test holes shall be abandoned either pursu to Rule 11.2 or by removing all casing which was installed and by filling the hole(s) with drill cuttings o chemically inert materials to whhin five (~ feet of the ground surface. The top five (5) feet of the hot shall be sealed with materials equal to or less permeable than the top foot of the surrounding soils. a Corrfined wells 31 Wells which were constructed through more than one aquifer shall be abandoned by placing a gro plug at the corrt'ining layer above each aquifer. M records do not show that the casing opposite ea oorrfining layer has been grouted when originally installed, the casing shall be ether completey remov from the hole, or perforated or ripped opposhe such layer prior to placing the grout plug. No plug shat be less than twenty (20) feet in length. 32 The well casing except for the grout plug imervals shall be completey filled to the land surface ' chemically inert materials. A watertight cover will be pertnanerrtty welded or attached to the top of th casing. The casing may be cut off up to five (5) feet below land surface provided the watertight cove is welded or pernanemy attached to the top of the casing and the hole is backfilled to the land surface