Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
402 - Division of Water Resources
2 CCR 402-2 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR WATER WELL CONSTRUCTION, PUMP INSTALLATION, CISTERN INSTALLATION, AND MONITORING AND OBSERVATION HOLE/WELL CONSTRUCTION
4 - PURPOSE OF RULES
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
Basis and Purpose: The statutory authority for this Rule is found in sections 37-91-104(1)(c), (j), & (k); 37-91-106(3) & (4); and 37-91-110(2), C.R.S. The purpose of this Rule is to identify the broad purposes for the Rules.
4.1 To enable the Board to carry out the provisions of Article 91 of Title 37, C.R.S.
4.2 To safeguard the public health of the people of the State of Colorado and to protect the groundwater resources of the State of Colorado.
4.3 To set minimum standards for the construction, repair, plugging, sealing, and abandonment of all wells, test holes, monitoring and observation holes and wells, and dewatering wells.
4.4 To allow certain types of monitoring and observation holes, monitoring and observation wells, temporary dewatering wells, and test holes to be constructed, utilized, plugged, sealed, and abandoned by persons other than a licensed well construction contractor.
4.5 To set minimum standards for the installation and repair of pumping equipment and cisterns.
4.6 To set minimum standards for the reporting, testing, sampling, measuring, and disinfection of all wells and associated water well supply systems, to the extent such standards are required for the proper construction and repair of water wells.
