Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 785 - Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Chapter 35 - Well Driller and Pump Installer Licensing
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 785:35-1-1 - Purpose

(a) Rules in this chapter set forth the requirements to obtain a license to drill certain kinds of wells and to install pumps in such wells. These rules also provide guidance and procedures followed for license renewal, revocations, and suspensions, requirements licensees must meet to retain their licenses, specify the purposes for the indemnity fund created to replace the bond requirement, and provide for the establishment of an advisory committee of well drillers and pump installers to make recommendations to the Board.

(b) The rules in this Chapter also provide minimum requirements to be followed by any person when drilling and plugging certain kinds of wells and installing pumps in such wells. Other agencies may have standards for drilling and plugging which exceed the minimum standards in this Section. These requirements are primarily promulgated to protect the quantity and quality of the fresh groundwater in the state from contamination and waste, and to provide public protection by enforcing proper construction, plugging and installing activities.