A well in Arizona can only be drilled after obtaining permission from the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
Licensed Well Drillers
Water well drilling must be performed by a contractor licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. Under ARS 45-596, a Notice of Intent to drill must be filed with the ADWR before any drilling actually takes place. Once permission has been obtain, the well must be drilled within one year from the date of approval.
Well Driller’s Report. Within 30 days of drilling an Arizona well, the well driller must submit a Well Driller Report to the Arizona Department of Water Resources. The Well Driller’s Report must include the well’s Latitude and Longitude measured by GPS. The measurements are to be reported in the NAD83 datum and in degrees, minutes, decimal seconds (ddd°mm’ss.ss”) and should clearly identify any other datum used to determine the location of a well. Previously, the Well Driller’s Report would include a hand-drawn map of a very general location of the well.
The ADWR assigns a well registry number to the well once the well driller has submitted it notice of completion.
water well construction standards
There are a few minimum well construction standards mandated by the Arizona Department of Water Resources for domestic well construction A.R.S. 45-594 and the initial reporting by the well driller. Water well drillers are licensed by the ADWR by A.R.S. 45-595 and they are required to submit only basic well construction information.
There are no regulations, or standards of performance, or previous work experience requirements by the ADWR, however, for the well and pump contractors who equip and service private wells in Arizona. Maintaining well ownership, performance and equipping records with the ADWR is the sole responsibility of the registered well owner.
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