Wyoming Water Well Drilling Requirements

Learn the requirements for digging a well in Wyoming.well image by Karel Pool from Fotolia.com

In areas of the country where municipal water is costly or unavailable, wells are drilled to tap into ground water which can be pumped up and used at no cost to the home or property owner. Many states, including Wyoming, have laws regarding well-drilling practices that provide for both ground water safety and proper drilling procedures.

National Groundwater Association Approval

Wyoming recommends that the person or company drilling your well be approved and certified by the National Ground Water Association. The NGWA is a non-profit organization that licenses and trains well drillers and those who work with ground water sources. The association requires special knowledge examinations as well as general examinations, and requires drillers to keep logs of the type and number of wells they have drilled. Using an NGWA certified driller will help keep your costs down and keep your well operational.

Wyoming also requires certain information to be recorded by the well driller. The depth of the well, the flow of the well in gallons per minute, and disinfection procedures which were completed upon finishing the well are all required to be maintained and given to the property owner by the well drilling company at the time of completion. Making sure that your well cap is at least one foot above ground level and is securely capped is another requirement that you will want to check when your well is complete.

Wyoming requires that contractors have liability insurance, that they provide you with a written contract detailing what parts of the drilling and capping operation they are responsible for, associated costs and other concerns. By doing so, you will have legal recourse if there is a problem later with your well, as well as if you have a problem with the workmanship of your well driller.