Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 13 - WATER WELL DRILLERS AND WATER WELL PUMP INSTALLERS
Rule 6 - Minimum Well Construction Standards
Section 6-1 - Rotary or augered wells

(a) This section governs the construction of wells by rotary or auger drilling methods.

(b) A well shall be drilled and equipped with a casing having a minimum of two (2) inches inside diameter installed in an open hole having a diameter of at least two (2) inches greater than the outside diameter of the casing.

(c) A well shall be cased to a minimum depth of twenty-five (25) feet below the ground surface unless otherwise approved by the division.

(d) A well shall have a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet of the borehole annulus pressure grouted with neat cement or a bentonite slurry unless otherwise approved by the division.

(e) A well penetrating bedrock shall have the borehole annulus pressure grouted with neat cement or a bentonite slurry from the bottom of the well casing, or the top of the formation packer to the ground surface (or to four (4) feet below the ground surface if a pitless adapter is installed).

(f) A well constructed in an unconsolidated aquifer shall have the borehole annulus pressure grouted with neat cement or a bentonite slurry from the top of the natural or introduced gravel pack to the ground surface (or to four (4) feet below the ground surface if a pitless adapter is installed). The gravel pack shall not extend more than ten (10) feet above the top of the well screen unless otherwise approved by the division.

(g) This section does not apply to any of the following: