La. Admin. Code tit. 56, § I-117 - Water Well Registration (Long Form)
A. The Water Well Registration Long Form
(DNR-GW-1) and detailed instructions for properly completing and distributing
the form are available by contacting department staff at (225) 342-8244 or by
accessing the department's website at www.dnr.louisiana.gov/gwater. A copy is
to be mailed, or delivered by an Office of Conservation approved electronic
delivery system, by the water well contractor within 30 days after the well has
been completed. If by mail, send to:
Department of Natural Resources
Office of Conservation
P.O. Box 94275
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9275
B. A copy of the form is to be retained by
the water well contractor for their files, and another copy is to be given to
the well owner immediately upon completion of the work. The commissioner will
consider and encourages the electronic submission of registration, data or
reports required under this section.
C. Although most of the information needed to
complete the form is available to the water well contractor, the following
explanation will provide clarification of intent for selected items and
uniformity of reporting.
D. Owner
Information. List the name of the legal owner of the property on which the well
is located or the person or company holding a long-term lease on the property.
If the owner or lessee is an individual, list first and last names and middle
initial of individual. List area code and telephone number of owner in the
spaces provided.
1. Address. The address
should be that of the owner. If the well is owned by an industry, the local
address of the firm is preferred in order that additional data on the well may
be easily obtained by the state or a regional water district or
commission.
2. Owner's Well Number.
Many cities, institutions, industrial plants, and large farms have their own
system of designating or identifying wells by number and/or name. This
information is useful when locating the well and should be entered on the
form.
E. Well Location.
List the parish where the well is located, including the nearest town, city,
physical address, etc., and give directions to the well site. The location of
the well should be described in detail and as accurately as possible so that
the well can be easily located by the department's staff or field inspector.
Please include a detailed map or sketch on the back of the original form, or
provide a legible attachment to the original form, showing location of well
with reference to roads, railroads, buildings, etc. Use an (X) to indicate
location of the well. Show location of nearest existing well(s), if any nearby,
by marking (Os), and approximate distance between wells. If submitting the
registration form by an Office of Conservation approved electronic delivery
system, follow the instructions on the electronic form for including a detailed
location map. Determine the well's Global Positioning System (GPS) location and
record the GPS longitude and latitude coordinates onto the form.
F. Well Information. Required data are
available from water well contractor's and/or engineer's report.
G. Casing and Screen Information. Required
data are available from water well contractor's and/or engineer's report. By
type of screen indicate whether it is "bar lug" rib type, slotted pipe, etc.
State whether casing is plastic or metal. Indicate the depth to which the
annular space was cemented and state method of cementing.
H. Water Level and Yield Information. Most of
the information entered on the form can usually be obtained from the water well
contractor's or engineer's report. Except for "static water level," the terms
need no explanation. Static water level is "the nonpumping water level in a
well that has not been in operation for a period of time and is usually
expressed in feet above or below a specified datum, such as land surface." The
owner should be able to provide information on proposed use and pumping
rate.
I. Use of Well. The principal
purpose for which water from the well is used should be indicated where
appropriate on the form. If water is used for more than one purpose, only the
principal or primary use should be shown. If the planned use of water is
unknown or does not fit one of the specified uses, this should be noted in the
space marked "other." Following are explanations of the terms used on the well
registration form to indicate the principal use of water from a well.
1. Irrigation/Agricultural. Refers to the use
of water to irrigate cultivated plants, to water stock, for crawfish and
catfish farming, and for similar agricultural activities. Most irrigation wells
supply water for farm crops, but this category also includes wells that are
used for watering parks, golf courses, and cemeteries. Occasionally a home
owner in an urban area has a well used solely for watering a lawn. This well
also should be in the agricultural and irrigation category.
2. Industrial. Includes plants that
manufacture, process or fabricate a product. The water may or may not be
incorporated into the product being manufactured. Industrial water may be used
to cool machinery, to provide sanitary facilities for employees, to
air-condition the plant, and water grounds at the plant. Water used for mining
or to process ore such as gravel pits is included in the industrial category.
Planning and water-use needs can be implemented by dividing this category into
the following standard industrial categories that predominate in Louisiana.
Indicate the principal category of industrial use on the form where
appropriate. The categories are defined as follows:
a. Food and Kindred Products. This group
includes establishments manufacturing foods and beverages for human consumption
and certain related products, such as manufactured ice, vegetable oils, animal
fats and oils, and prepared feeds for animals and fowl.
b. Textile Mill Products. This major group
includes establishments engaged in performing any of the following operations:
i. preparation of fiber and subsequent
manufacturing of yarn, thread, braids, twine and cordage;
ii. manufacturing broad woven fabric, narrow
woven fabric, knit fabric, and carpets and rugs from yarn;
iii. dyeing and finishing fiber, yarn,
fabric, and knit apparel;
iv.
coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabric;
v. the integrated manufacture of knit apparel
or other finished articles from yarn; and
vi. the manufacture of felt goods, lace
goods, bonded-fiber fabrics, and miscellaneous textiles.
c. Lumber and Wood Products (except
furniture). This major group includes sawmills, lath mills, shingle mills,
cooperage stock mills, planning mills, and plywood and veneer mills engaged in
producing lumber and wood basic materials; and establishments engaged in
manufacturing finished articles made entirely or mainly of wood or wood
substitutes.
d. Paper and Allied
Products. This major group includes the manufacture of pulp from wood and other
cellulose fibers and rags; the manufacture of paper and paperboard; and the
manufacture of paper and paperboard into converted products such as paper
coated paper bags, paper boxes and envelopes.
e. Chemicals and Allied Products. This major
group includes establishments manufacturing products by predominantly chemical
processes. Establishments classified in this major group manufacture three
general clashes of products:
i. basic
chemicals such as acids, alkalies, salt, and organic chemicals;
ii. chemical products to be used in further
manufacture such as synthetic fibers, plastic materials, dry colors, and
pigments;
iii. finished chemical
products to be used for ultimate consumption such as drugs, cosmetics and
soaps; or to be used as materials or supplies in other industries such as
paints, fertilizers, explosives. The mining of natural rock salt is classified
in mining industries. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing
nonferrous metals and high percentage ferroalloys are classified in the primary
metals category and baking powder; other leavening compounds and starches in
the food and kindred products category. Establishments primarily engaged in
packaging, repackaging, and bottling of purchased chemical products are
classified in traded industries of the standard industrial categories. Plastic
materials and synthetic rubber are included in this category.
f. Petroleum Refining and Related
Industries. This major group includes establishments engaged in petroleum
refining, manufacturing paving and roofing materials, and compounding
lubricating oils and greases from purchased materials. Establishments
manufacturing and distributing gas to consumers are classified in public
utilities industries, and those primarily engaged in producing coke and
by-products in primary metals category.
g. Primary Metal Industries. This major group
includes establishments engaged in the smelting and refining of ferrous and non
ferrous metals; in the manufacture of castings, forgings, and other basic
products of ferrous and nonferrous metals, and in the manufacture of nails,
spikes, and insulated wire and cable. This major group also includes the
production of coke.
h. Other.
Please name the principal industrial output from the industry if not listed in
the industrial categories on the form.
3. Public Supply. Refers to a well which
provides water for drinking, cooking, or washing use by the public or
transients, or by persons other than immediate family of the owner of the
supply. A public supply water well may either be a community water well or a
noncommunity water well, as follows.
a.
Community Public Supply Water Well. A public supply well which serves at least
15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at
least 25 year-round residents. A community public supply well may be owned by a
municipality or community, a water district, a corporation, a private
individual or by a local, state or federal governmental agency.
b. Noncommunity Public Supply Well. A public
supply water well which serves either fewer than 15 service connections or
fewer than 25 year-round residents or no year-round residents. Examples of the
former case are small public water supplies for mobile home parks,
subdivisions, etc., which fall below the 15 connections/25 persons criteria for
community water supplies. The latter case includes public water supplies which
serve no year-round residents, such as bars and lounges, motels, camps, office
buildings, restaurants, rest stops, service stations, recreational facilities,
schools, commercial establishments, etc.
c. Because public supply use includes many
categories of use, requirements for planning and water-use surveys require a
further break-down of this use; thus, public supply use is divided into the
following categories: (A list is provided on the registration form (refer to
§117) so that the user may select the appropriate category of public supply
use.)
d. Municipal. This category
includes all wells used to supply the drinking, sanitation, and other needs of
an urban area, e.g., Lake Charles, Ruston, etc. The well is generally owned by
a utility company, a municipality or private individual.
e. Rural. The wells are used for the
drinking, sanitation, and other needs of a rural area. Such systems generally
are operated by a local water district or by private individuals.
f. Commercial
i. Wells that are used principally to supply
a motel, hotel, restaurant, office complex, swimming pool, ice rink or other
recreational facility; drive-in, trailer park or public summer camp.
ii. Where water is used commercially in the
making of bottled drinks, the wells are in this category.
g. Therapeutic. Water that is used primarily
for bathing and/or drinking and is purported to have therapeutic value is in
this category. Water that is bottled and sold falls into this category, mainly
because of its claimed therapeutic value.
h. Institutional/Government. Refers to wells
used specifically in the maintenance and operation of an institution such as
large schools, churches, universities, hospitals, rest homes, penal
institutions, and other governmental installations.
i. Other. A well that is used for a purpose
that does not fit into the above categories. Give details.
4. Power Generation. Refers to a well used to
supply water for generation of any type or power.
5. Dewatering Well. This is a water well
installed to de-water an aquifer or lower a water table in order to allow
construction or mining activities.
6. Observation. Refers to a well used by the
owner, by governmental agencies, or by an appropriate engineering or research
organization to obtain information on the water resources of an area.
7. Test Hole. An exploratory borehole drilled
to obtain geologic, hydrologic and water quality data.
8. Other. A well that is used for the purpose
that does not fit into either the above categories or those listed on the short
form (DNR-GW-1S).
J.
Available Information. Please indicate where appropriate on the form whether
the specified logs or data were collected; if so, attach copies to the
registration form for transmittal to the department.
K. Abandonment Information. If the well is
new, specify whether or not it replaces an existing well. The water well
contractor is responsible for informing the owner of the well of state
regulations requiring plugging of abandoned wells. This item is intended to
serve as a reminder.
L. Remarks.
This space can be used for presenting any other pertinent information, such as
name of consulting engineer, screen openings, pump information, name of
subcontractor, etc.
M. Driller's
Log. Give a description of the materials encountered and depth as detailed in
the form instructions. If space on front of the form is insufficient, continue
driller's log on reverse side of original form or attach a copy of the
driller's log to the original form to be transmitted to the department. If
submitting the registration form by an Office of Conservation approved
electronic delivery system, follow the instructions on the electronic form for
including the Driller's Log information.
1.
After completing the form, list the name of the water well contracting company
and the license number on the space provided. Sign and date the form and mail
the original to the department at the address listed on the form within 30
calendar days after the well has been completed. The owner's copy shall be
given to the owner immediately upon completion of the work. The contractor's
copy shall be retained by the contractor for his files.
2. If there are any questions, please call or
write:
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Office of Conservation
P.O. Box 94275
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9275
Phone: (225) 342-8244
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