Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 920 - WATER WELL CONSTRUCTION CODE
Section 920.30 - General Requirements
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 920.30
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Authorized Constructor. Water wells subject to this Part shall be constructed only by persons having a valid license under the Illinois Water Well and Pump Installation Contractor's License Act unless exempt under that Act.
b) Reports. Within 30 days after a water well has been constructed or deepened, the contractor shall submit a report of construction to the Department, an approved unit of local government or local health department (see Sections 920.150 and 920.160 ) on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department.
c) Variance
1) If conditions exist at a proposed
installation site that preclude compliance with this Part, a variance shall be
requested and shall be approved before well construction begins. The contractor
may request a variance by submitting to the Department or an approved unit of
local government or local health department, a written request outlining a
specific proposal to be used in lieu of compliance with this Part. The request
shall include a plot plan of the property, showing lot size, the location of
sewers, septic tanks, buildings, seepage fields, and other sources of
contamination on the property and adjacent property, with distances shown to
the proposed well. A description of geological and soil conditions shall also
be included. The Department or approved local health department will approve
the variance if the proposal is in accordance with accepted public health and
sanitary engineering principles and practices, and if the resulting water well
installation can be expected to provide a continuously safe and sanitary water
supply. The Department or approved local health department will notify the
applicant in writing of its decision either to grant or deny the
variance.
2) Examples of location
problems that would preclude compliance with this Part would be the proposed
location of a well too close to septic tanks, buildings, sewer lines, or
barnyards.
3) Examples of public
health and engineering principles that would be considered in issuing a
variance would be ground surface conditions, depth of the water table, the
location of sources of contamination, the ability of the existing soil to
remove bacteria and geologic conditions.
4) After a well has been drilled for which a
variance has been issued, the contractor shall submit two water samples to the
Department laboratory for analysis. The first sample shall be submitted within
30 days after the pump is installed and operated; the second sample shall be
submitted within 60 days after start-up of the pump, but not less than 30 days
after collection of the first sample.
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