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.. _._ ..................... ............. ...... rv.a..r.nv,• u~ me rrcLL urrncn You may construct the well and/or install the pump yourseBrf the well is ehtirety for your ovtm use, is on property you own, and is constructed or pump equipment is installed with equipment owned and operated by you. It is vour responsibility to complete and submit the Wefl Construction and Test Report, Form Number GWS~1 andlor the Pump Installation and Test Repoli, Form Number GWS~32 These forms are available from our offices. The well must be constructed and the pump installed in accordance with the well construction standards of the State Board of Examiners of Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors. THE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION RULES STATE THAT ALL WELLS OF THIS TYPE MUST BE pISINFECTED AFTER CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER PUMP INSTALLATION. THE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION RULES ARE AVAILABLE FROM DMSION OF WATER RESOURCES OFFICES FOR A FEE OF 53.00. The rules cover well construction, pump installation, disinfection, abandonmern and contractor licensing regulations. ff you are constructing your own well or installing pumping equipmern, it is recommended that you obtain a copy of these rules for reference. WENS TO BE PLUGGED AND ABANDONED MUST BE PLUGGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULF 11 (SHOWN BELOW) OF THE WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION RULES. A WELL ABANDONMENT REPORT, FORM NUMBER GWS-9 MUST BE SUBMfTI'ED TO CONFIRM THE PLUGGING OF THE WELL THIS FORM lS AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICES. IULE 11 ABANDONMENT STANDAADS 1.1 General 1.1.1 The plugging and sealing of all wells and test holes is necessary to prevent cornamination of groun water and the migration of water through the unused borehole. h is the ummate responsibility of the wE owner to have a well property plugged and abandoned. The well construction cornractor is responsib for notifying the well owner of the plugging and abandonment requiremern pursuant to this Rule 11. 1.12 Persons authorized to install pumping equipmern may plug and abandon wells which do not require tt removal of casing from more than one aquifer or the ripping or perforating of casing opposite confinin layers. 1.1.3 All materials used for backfilling shall be clean, free from cornaminarrts and chemically ineR 1_2 Urtcordmed Wells-Wells completed irno unconfined aquifers shall be abandoned by filling with eith~ on-site materials, clean sand or gravel to the static water level, then with chemically inert materials 1 the ground surtace. A permanent watertight cover shall lie installed at the top of the casing. The casir may be cut off up to five (5) feet below ground level provided the watertight cover is welded ~ permanently attached to the top of the casing and the hole is backfilled to the land surface. 112.1 Cathodic protection holes, dewatering wells, hor¢ontal drains, monitoring and observation hole percolation holes, piezometer holes, sump pumps and test holes shall be abandoned either pursua to Rule 11.2 or by removing all casing which was installed and by filling the hole(s) with drill cuttings chemically inert materials to within five (5) feet Of the ground surface. The top five (5) feet of the ho shalt be sealed with materials equal to or less permeable than the top foot of the surounding sots. 11_3 Confined Wells 11.31 Wells which were constructed through more than one aquffer shall be abandoned by placing a gro plug at the confining layer above each aqurfer. ff records do not show that the casing opposite ear confining layer has been grouted when originally installed, the casing shall be either completely removt from the hole, or perforated or ripped opposite such layer prior to placing the grout plug. No plug sh, be less than twenty (20) feet in length. 11.3.2 The well casing except for the grout plug irnervals shall be completely filled to the land surtace wi chemically inert materials. A watertight cover will be permanently welded or attached to the top of tl casing. The casing may be cut off up to five (5) feet below land surtace provided the watertight cov is welded or permanernty attached to the top of the casing and the hole is backfilled to the land surfac t