Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
(a) Except where a
waiver has been obtained for a particular requirement in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.26, before connecting a large production well to a
community water system, the applicant shall complete all of the following:
(1) Provide information demonstrating that
the production well location complies with surface water related setbacks in
accordance with Env-Ws 379.05;
(2) Provide information demonstrating that
the land use within the sanitary protective area will be under the direct
control of the water system and that the area will be in a natural state in
accordance with Env-Ws 379.06;
(3) Develop a conceptual hydrogeologic model
of the aquifer, wellhead protection area, and potential impacts in accordance
with Env-Ws
379.07;
(4) Prepare a preliminary estimate of the
wellhead protection area and propose a method for refining the estimate in
accordance with Env-Ws 379.08;
(5) Prepare preliminary contamination source
and water user inventories in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.09;
(6) Identify and evaluate any known sources
of contamination in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.10;
(7) Prepare a proposal for a pumping test in
accordance with Env-Ws 379.11;
(8) Prepare a proposal for a water quality
sampling program in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.12;
(9) Submit a preliminary report prepared in
accordance with Env-Ws 379.13, to provide,
before significant resources are expended, an early assessment of the
appropriateness of the site for a community water supply well and to help
ensure the work being proposed will be consistent with these and other
department rules;
(10) Receive
department approval of the preliminary report in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.14;
(11) Upon receipt of department approval of
the preliminary report, perform the pumping test and water quality sampling
program in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.15;
(12) Demonstrate that acceptable water
quality can be continuously delivered to the community water system provided
that, for parameters which exceed secondary maximum contaminant levels under
Env-Ws 310-319, treatment or other management techniques may be used when
approved by the department in accordance with Env-Ws 340-349;
(13) Establish the permitted production
volume in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.16;
(14) Refine the wellhead protection area
delineation in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.17;
(15) Update and revise the contamination
source and water withdrawal inventory in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.18;
(16) Establish a contamination source control
program in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.19 for any known source of contamination evaluated
in accordance with Env-Ws 379.10;
(17) Establish a wellhead protection program
in accordance with Env-Ws 379.20;
(18) Provide information demonstrating the
well is in compliance with water well board construction criteria in accordance
with Env-Ws
379.21;
(19) Submit a final report to the department
in accordance with Env-Ws 379.22;
(20) Obtain department approval of the new
well in accordance with
Env-Ws
379.23; and
(21) After new well approval has been
obtained, obtain approval to connect the new well to the community water system
under Env-Ws 372 for small community water systems and Env-Ws 373 for all other
community water systems.
(b) Within one week of the well being
connected to the water system and operational, the applicant shall submit a
written request for a chemical monitoring schedule for conducting ongoing
monitoring and reporting in accordance with Env-Ws 320-339.
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Ws 300)
#6521, eff 6-4-97; ss by #6979, eff 4-21-99; ss by #8871, INTERIM, eff 4-21-07,
EXPIRES: 10-18-07