Water Well Driller — Information & Free Practice

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• Professional Licensing and Responsibilities

  • 1.1.1 Purpose and applicability
  • 1.2.1 Definitions
  • 1.3.1 Exceptions to individual water well driller license requirements
  • 1.4.1 Water well driller business registration
  • 1.4.2 Exceptions to water well driller business registration requirements
  • 1.5.1 Supervisory water well driller responsibilities
  • 1.6.1 Well filling and sealing license and registration requirements
  • 1.7.1 Conditions
  • 1.8.1 License and registration renewal application process
  • 1.8.2 License and registration renewal eligibility
  • 1.8.3 Continuing education requirements
  • 1.9.1 Responsibilities
  • 1.10.1 Basis for suspension or revocation
  • 1.10.2 Limitations on suspended or revoked credentials
  • 1.10.3 Reinstatement
  • 1.11.1 Well filling and sealing requirements
  • 1.12.1 Property transfer well inspections
  • 1.13.1 Appropriate action and stepped enforcement
• Community Water System Scope and Approval

  • 2.1.1 When a water system is a community well
  • 2.2.1 Approval requirements
• Well Construction and Compliance

  • 3.1.1 Applicability to water systems and drillholes
  • 3.2.1 Cooperation with the department
  • 3.3.1 Conforming work and exceptions
  • 3.4.1 Well and water system definitions
  • 3.5.1 Location requirements and Table A
  • 3.6.1 Activities requiring approvals
  • 3.6.2 Application submission and approval
  • 3.7.1 Product and component approvals
  • 3.8.1 Preconstruction responsibilities
  • 3.8.2 Water samples and well construction reports
  • 3.8.3 Post-construction correction responsibilities
  • 3.9.1 Well construction equipment and materials
  • 3.10.1 Preconstruction planning
  • 3.10.2 Construction during drilling
  • 3.10.3 Post-drilling construction
  • 3.10.4 Finishing operations
  • 3.11.1 Unconsolidated drillhole diameter and casing depth
  • 3.11.2 Casing, screens and gravel packs
  • 3.11.3 Upper enlarged drillholes and grouting
  • 3.12.1 Bedrock drillhole diameter and casing depth
  • 3.12.2 Bedrock casing materials and driving restrictions
  • 3.12.3 Upper enlarged and lower drillholes
  • 3.12.4 Bedrock grouting
  • 3.13.1 General flowing-well construction
  • 3.13.2 Flowing wells in unconsolidated formations
  • 3.13.3 Flowing wells in bedrock
  • 3.14.1 Potable high-capacity well dimensions and casing
  • 3.14.2 High-capacity well grouting and casing advancement
  • 3.14.3 High-capacity well screens and gravel packs
  • 3.14.4 High-capacity well geologic samples
  • 3.15.1 Screened wells with gravel packs
  • 3.15.2 Gravel-pack placement
  • 3.16.1 Welding procedures
  • 3.17.1 Plumbness and alignment
  • 3.18.1 Grouting and sealing annular spaces
  • 3.19.1 Liners
  • 3.20.1 Well rehabilitation
  • 3.20.2 Batch chlorination
  • 3.21.1 Driven point wells
  • 3.22.1 Dug wells
  • 3.23.1 Springs as potable sources
  • 3.24.1 When filling and sealing is required
  • 3.24.2 Filling and sealing methods
  • 3.24.3 Filling and sealing reports
  • 3.25.1 Vermin-proof caps and seals
  • 3.26.1 Pits and driveway ramps
  • 3.27.1 Water treatment
  • 3.28.1 Existing location and construction
  • 3.28.2 Existing water quality
  • 3.28.3 Existing pits and alcoves
  • 3.28.4 Existing reservoirs
  • 3.28.5 Existing dug wells
  • 3.28.6 Pump and discharge piping evaluation
  • 3.28.7 Casing height and extensions
  • 3.28.8 Existing caps and seals
  • 3.28.9 Basement wells
  • 3.28.10 Work on existing installations
  • 3.29.1 Variance applicant responsibilities
  • 3.29.2 Department variance authority
  • 3.29.3 Landfill variances
  • 3.29.4 Bedrock casing-depth variance
  • 3.30.1 Property-transfer inspection scope
  • 3.30.2 Property-transfer inspector licensing
  • 3.30.3 Inspection forms and sampling
  • 3.30.4 Evaluation criteria
  • 3.31.1 Citations
  • 3.32.1 Sampling, analysis and reporting
• Wisconsin Geologic Conditions

  • 4.1.1 Glacial geology
  • 4.2.1 Bedrock geology
  • 4.2.2 Stratigraphic bedrock units
  • 4.2.3 Limestone and dolomite
  • 4.2.4 Sandstone
  • 4.2.5 Shale
  • 4.2.6 Precambrian basement rock
  • 4.3.1 Importance of drill cuttings
  • 4.3.2 Cuttings collection methods
  • 4.4.1 Aquifer
  • 4.4.2 Specific capacity and well yield
  • 4.4.3 Groundwater flow
  • 4.4.4 Groundwater flow map
• Drilling, Development, and Reporting

  • 5.1.1 Siting a well
  • 5.2.1 Mud rotary
  • 5.2.2 Air rotary
  • 5.2.3 Cable-tool advantages
  • 5.2.4 Power chisel
  • 5.2.5 Bailer
  • 5.2.6 Pile driver
  • 5.2.7 Casing hammer
  • 5.2.8 Dual rotary
  • 5.2.9 Screen installation
  • 5.2.10 Well development
  • 5.2.11 Overpumping
  • 5.2.12 Surging
  • 5.2.13 Jetting
  • 5.2.14 Blasting
  • 5.2.15 Acidification
  • 5.2.16 Hydrofracturing
  • 5.3.1 Flowing wells
  • 5.3.2 Jetting methods
  • 5.4.1 Special casing-depth areas
  • 5.5.1 Water as drilling fluid
  • 5.5.2 Sodium bentonite slurry
  • 5.5.3 Drilling foam
  • 5.5.4 Other additives
  • 5.6.1 Fluid and additive selection
  • 5.7.1 Make-up water
  • 5.8.1 Well construction reporting
  • 5.8.2 Filling and sealing reporting
  • 5.8.3 Sampling reporting
  • 5.8.4 Compliance inspection report
  • 5.8.5 Property-transfer report
  • 5.9.1 Public Land Survey System
  • 5.10.1 GPS location reporting
  • 5.10.2 Well Driller Viewer
  • 5.11.1 Disinfection
  • 5.11.2 Bleach concentration and pH
  • 5.12.1 Removing residual chlorine
  • 5.12.2 Arsenic and metals sampling
  • 5.13.1 Why filling and sealing matters
  • 5.13.2 Stuck pump removal
  • 5.13.3 Bentonite chip volume
• Annular Sealing Methods

  • 6.1.1 Grout uses and characteristics
  • 6.2.1 Straight and in-gage drillhole
  • 6.3.1 Sealant materials
  • 6.4.1 Tremie pipe method
  • 6.4.2 Bradenhead method
  • 6.4.3 Grout shoe method
• Field Calculations

  • 7.1.1 Grout calculation