Chapter 74:02:04 - Well construction standards

  1. § 74:02:04:01 to 74:02:04:08 - Transferred
  2. § 74:02:04:09 - Requirements for water surface measuring devices.Repealed
  3. § 74:02:04:10 to 74:02:04:12 - Transferred
  4. § 74:02:04:13 to 74:02:04:19 - Repealed
  5. § 74:02:04:20 - Definitions
  6. § 74:02:04:21 - Permits required before construction of certain wells
  7. § 74:02:04:22 - Requirements for all wells
  8. § 74:02:04:23 - Intent of South Dakota well construction standards
  9. § 74:02:04:23.01 - Construction of adequate well required
  10. § 74:02:04:24 - Well locations
  11. § 74:02:04:25 - Wells to be accessible
  12. § 74:02:04:26 - Well construction prohibited along sections of Whitewood Creek and sections of Belle Fourche River - Variance
  13. § 74:02:04:27 - Upper well terminal - Wells in pits prohibited
  14. § 74:02:04:28 - Minimum grouting requirements for wells - Exceptions
  15. § 74:02:04:29 and 74:02:04:30 - Dakota or Newcastle aquifer and shallower artesian aquifer well grouting requirements.Repealed
  16. § 74:02:04:31 - Driven well casing to be sealed with bentonite
  17. § 74:02:04:32 - Hard rock well construction
  18. § 74:02:04:33 - Minimum cement grouting requirements for wells finished in bedrock aquifers below Dakota - Exceptions.Repealed
  19. § 74:02:04:34 - Locations of aquifers and formations
  20. § 74:02:04:34.01 - Wells producing water from more than one aquifer prohibited
  21. § 74:02:04:35 - Alternative well construction requirements for certain Dakota aquifer wells
  22. § 74:02:04:36 - Alternative well construction requirements for certain Inyan Kara wells
  23. § 74:02:04:37 - Well driller to correct well defective within one year
  24. § 74:02:04:38 - Driller's license required to install closed loop
  25. § 74:02:04:39 - Vertical closed-loop installation
  26. § 74:02:04:40 - Horizontal closed-loop installation
  27. § 74:02:04:41 - Drill hole construction requirements
  28. § 74:02:04:41.01 - Construction water requirements
  29. § 74:02:04:42 - General requirements for well casing
  30. § 74:02:04:43 - Thermoplastic casing requirements
  31. § 74:02:04:44 - Thermoplastic casing installation requirements
  32. § 74:02:04:45 - Solvent cementing procedures for thermoplastic connections
  33. § 74:02:04:46 - Precast curbing and concrete casing use limitations
  34. § 74:02:04:47 - Pitless unit or pitless adapter requirements
  35. § 74:02:04:48 - Steel casing specifications
  36. § 74:02:04:49 - Copper casing specifications
  37. § 74:02:04:50 - Requirements for well screens and gravel packs
  38. § 74:02:04:51 - Requirements for length and diameter of screens
  39. § 74:02:04:52 - Requirements for centralizers
  40. § 74:02:04:52.01 - Requirements for packers
  41. § 74:02:04:53 - Cement grout requirements
  42. § 74:02:04:53.01 - Bentonite grout requirements
  43. § 74:02:04:54 - Cement grout additives.Repealed
  44. § 74:02:04:55 - Minimum grout volumes
  45. § 74:02:04:56 - Bentonite slurry additive.Repealed
  46. § 74:02:04:57 - Minimum hole size for grouting
  47. § 74:02:04:58 - Requirements for development of wells
  48. § 74:02:04:58.01 - Disinfection requirements
  49. § 74:02:04:59 - Wells in road ditches to be protected
  50. § 74:02:04:60 - Requirements for pump installations
  51. § 74:02:04:61 - Requirements for well and pump capacities
  52. § 74:02:04:62 - Backflow prevention required for large capacity wells
  53. § 74:02:04:63 - Water analysis required
  54. § 74:02:04:64 - Chief engineer to furnish forms for required records
  55. § 74:02:04:65 - Well drillers to prepare and file well construction records
  56. § 74:02:04:66 - Well drillers to prepare and file well rehabilitation record
  57. § 74:02:04:67 - Requirements for plugging wells or test holes completed into confined aquifers or encountering more than one aquifer
  58. § 74:02:04:68 - Requirements for plugging nonflowing artesian wells or test holes.Repealed
  59. § 74:02:04:69 - Requirements for plugging wells or test holes completed into unconfined aquifers with only one aquifer encountered
  60. § 74:02:04:70 - Requirements for plugging other test holes
  61. § 74:02:04:70.01 - Requirements for temporary abandonment of wells
  62. § 74:02:04:71 - Well driller to prepare and file well and test hole plugging records
  63. § 74:02:04:72 - Pressure regulator valve required on flowing wells
  64. § 74:02:04:73 - Well driller's responsibilities
  65. § 74:02:04:74 - Well owner's responsibilities
  66. § 74:02:04:75 - Variance
  67. § 74:02:04:76 - Flowing well construction
  68. Appendix A - Aquifer and formation descriptions and drilling characteristics
  69. Appendix B - Generalized stratigraphic correlation chart
  70. Appendix C - Map of South Dakota showing major structural features
  71. Appendix D - Minimum grouting requirements for wells
  72. Appendix E - Hard rock well construction
  73. Appendix F - Alternative well construction for certain dakota aquifer wells
  74. Appendix G - Alternative well construction for certain Inyan Kara wells and precast curbing and casing use limitations
  75. Appendix H - Recommended procedure for chlorine disinfection of water wells

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