WASTEWATER DEPARTMENT - WATER WELLS Private Water Wells – Anyone who wishes to drill, deepen or modify any Water Well, must first contact a licensed well driller that will perform the work and assist you in completing a “Notice Of Intent” (NOI), application from Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR).
The instructions are a guide to filing out Form DWR 55-40, entitled “Notice to Intent to Drill, Deepen, Replace or Modify a Well.” Forms may be obtained at any ADWR office, ADWR’s Web site, or at the Gila County Wastewater Department. You are advised to fill out this form with the assistance of the licensed well driller that will perform the work.
Each NOI form must be accompanied by a filing fee, (one check payable for $100.00 to GCCD, and one check payable for $100.00 to ADWR). The map on the ADWR application should show all the septic systems in the vicinity and legible instructions on how to reach the property. The property should be clearly marked/staked as to the well placement. If a key or combination is required to access the property, please make sure arrangements with the Wastewater Department are provided.
Once the application and appropriate fees are submitted to the Gila County Wastewater Department, a staff member will review the NOI. The application must specify to drill a well for domestic use on a parcel of land five (5) acres or less in size.
A Wastewater Department staff member will make a site visit to the specified location of the well site to verify that the existing or proposed well site is at least 100 feet away from any part of any septic system; yours and all of your neighbors. After the site inspection has been made, the Wastewater Department staff will then forward the application to ADWR for final evaluation and approval.
At the end of the ADWR review, ADWR will send written notice granting or denying the drilling authority. If the drilling authority is granted, the drilling card will be mailed directly to the drilling firm. This authority is valid for one year from the date ADWR received the NOI.
Well Abandonment
ADWR regulates the abandonment of wells in Arizona. ADWR’s well abandonment rule requires that well abandonment be accomplished “through filling or sealing the well so as to prevent the well, including the annular space outside the casing, from being a channel allowing the vertical movement of water.” The rule also requires the filing of a pre-abandonment notice with ADWR (unless the well is a new well being abandoned in the course of drilling the well) and the filing of post-abandonment reports.
The Well Abandonment Handbook is to provide a step-by-step guide to the abandonment of a well in a manner that complies with ADWR’s well abandonment rule. The Handbook can be found at: http://www.azwater.gov/dwr/Content/Find_by_Program/Wells/WellAbandonmentHandbook5.pdfThe address for Arizona Department of Water Resources, Water Management Support Section is: P.O. Box 458, Phoenix, AZ 85001-0458. (602) 417-2470 or 800-352-8488.
Contact Us:Gila County Community Development
1400 East Ash
Globe, Arizona 85501
928-425-3231 Ext. 8520
Fax 928-425-0829 | Gila County Community Development
714 S. Beeline Hwy. Suite 200
Payson, Arizona 85541
928-474-7175
Fax 928-474-0802 |
800-304-4452
Extension 8502 for Globe Office
Extension 7175 for Payson Office
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