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Well Driller ProgramAnd SearchWell
MAHB Certification ProgramMarlboro Holiday Inn, Marlboro, MA
November 2, 2013
BySteve Hallem
Well Driller ProgramMassDEP – Bureau of Resource Protection, Drinking Water
Program
Well Driller Certification Program
Program Consists of : Certification of Well Drillers/Registration of
Drill Rigs Approximately 360 Well Drillers Approximately 450 rigs
Updating of the Well Completion Report Database w/Data From Recently Drilled Wells
Respond to Requests for Well Completion Data From BOH/Home Owners/Buyers/Realtors Other Drillers Engineers/Consultant Office of the State Geologist
Processing of Backlogged Well Completion Reports Well Completion Cards submitted to DCR to be
entered into database (90,000 Now 20,000)
MassDEP
Well Drillers Must: Be certified in Massachusetts to drill a well Must use a drill rig with a current MA
sticker Must submit a Well Completion Report
(WCR) within 30 days of completing a well Must submit a WCR for any well (private
potable, irrigation, geothermal, or monitoring well) left in the ground for 48 hours or longer
MassDEP
Well Driller Certification Program
Well Driller Certification Program
Compliance and Enforcement Under old DCR Regulations
(313 CMR 3.00)
$300/Violation
Under MassDEP Regulations
Currently in effect with 310 CMR 46.00
Subject to MassDEP C & E Schedule
Could be Up to $10,000
MassDEP
Well Driller ProgramCan assist you…
Be a resource for types of wells and general drilling practices
Provide a list of certified drillers Provide the SeachWell database tool for
wells in your town If you don’t see it in SearchWell, give us a
call and we will look through the paper files
MassDEP
Well Driller Certification Program
Database
Well Drillers are submitting about 90% of WCR on-line. Data goes into SearchWell within 15 minutes.
Some drillers still submit paper forms which staff enter.
Old forms from DCR are being entered by staff.
MassDEP
Well Driller Certification Program
Database Currently contains 130,000 wells
30,000 Well Completion Reports Backlogged
Going Back to 1970s Poor Locational Information
MassDEP
Well Driller Program SearchWell
What is it:
Its primary function is for users to view our well data
It can be viewed Saved in an Excel spreadsheet Printed as a simple well report
You can view well locations on a map, IF THE WELL HAS LOCATION DATA (LAT/LON).
MassDEP
Well Driller Certification Program
Geologic Mapping Layers* Surficial Geology – in progress by USGS
Bedrock Geology – Zen unless mapped
by Office of State Geologist
* Data provided in part by Well Driller Program
MassDEP
Well Driller Program
Well locations: Very accurate if location collected by the
driller using GPS Some what accurate if lot number is
known Less accurate if location is from an
“address match”. All are good for general positions but not
accurate enough for set back determinations.
MassDEP
Well Driller Certification Program
Can use your help…
Let us know if a driller is trying to take out a well permit and is not certified.
Only allow certified drillers to obtain a well permit.
Keep copies of the well permits on hand and match it with a copy of the WCR (which the drill should mail to you). Let us know if you have a well permit without a WCR to go with it.
Let us know of any problems with wells someone drills.
MassDEP
Well Driller Registration Program
Contact information:
Steve Hallem – [email protected]
Paul Blain – [email protected]
MassDEP
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