312 IAC 12-3-1 - Water well drilling in an unconsolidated aquifer

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-25-4-13; IC 14-25-4-17

Affected: IC 14-25-4; IC 25-39

Sec. 1.

(a) This section governs the drilling of a water well in an unconsolidated aquifer.

(b) A water well shall be equipped with casing that has an inside diameter of at least two (2) inches. The casing shall not be used as a suction pipe.

(c) The water well shall:

(1) be equipped with a pumping apparatus that provides at least twenty (20) feet of available drawdown; or

(2) penetrate the entire saturated thickness of the source aquifer and be equipped with a pumping apparatus that provides for the maximum available drawdown.

(d) An illustration of a suitable pump setting is as follows:

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Notes

312 IAC 12-3-1

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 12-3-1; filed Feb 9, 1999, 5:08 p.m.: 22 IR 1953; errata filed Apr 27, 1999, 4:46 p.m.: 22 IR 2883; readopted filed Aug 4, 2005, 6:00 p.m.: 28 IR 3661; readopted filed Jul 28, 2011, 10:29 a.m.: 20110824-IR-312110177RFA Readopted filed 7/19/2017, 3:47 p.m.: 20170816-IR-312170134RFA Readopted filed 5/17/2023, 10:52 a.m.: 20230614-IR-312230068RFA