Transcript Well Driller Program And SearchWell MAHB Certification Program Marlboro Holiday Inn, Marlboro, MA November 2, 2013 By Steve Hallem Well Driller Program MassDEP – Bureau of Resource Protection,

Well Driller Program
And SearchWell
MAHB Certification Program
Marlboro Holiday Inn, Marlboro, MA
November 2, 2013
By
Steve Hallem
Well Driller Program
MassDEP – Bureau of Resource Protection, Drinking Water
Program
Well Driller Certification
Program
MassDEP
Program Consists of :
 Certification of Well Drillers/Registration of
Drill Rigs
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Updating of the Well Completion Report
Database w/Data From Recently Drilled Wells
Respond to Requests for Well Completion Data
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Approximately 360 Well Drillers
Approximately 450 rigs
From BOH/Home Owners/Buyers/Realtors
Other Drillers
Engineers/Consultant
Office of the State Geologist
Processing of Backlogged Well Completion
Reports
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Well Completion Cards submitted to DCR to be
entered into database (90,000 Now 20,000)
Well Driller Certification
Program
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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
Well Driller Certification
Program
MassDEP
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
Well Driller Program
Can assist you…
MassDEP
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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
Well Driller Certification Program
MassDEP
Database
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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.
Well Driller Certification
Program
MassDEP
 Database Currently contains
130,000 wells
 30,000 Well Completion Reports
Backlogged
 Going Back to 1970s
 Poor Locational Information
Well Driller Program
SearchWell
MassDEP
What is it:
 Its primary function is for users to
view our well data
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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).
Well Driller Certification
Program
MassDEP
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
Well Driller Program
MassDEP
Well locations:
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Very accurate if location collected by the
driller using GPS
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Some what accurate if lot number is
known
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Less accurate if location is from an
“address match”.
All are good for general positions but not
accurate enough for set back
determinations.
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Well Driller Certification Program
Can use your help…
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MassDEP
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.
Well Driller Registration
Program
Contact information:
Steve Hallem – 617.292.5681
[email protected]
Paul Blain – 617.292.5948
[email protected]
MassDEP
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