Information for drillers and pump installers

This page contains information and resources for well drillers, heat exchange drillers and pump installers.

NewsBits

Archives of NewsBits - an electronic newsletter for Wisconsin drillers and installers.

Well driller viewer

The Well Driller Viewer provides a visual map view of certain setback, construction and approval information to assist well drillers in planning projects and meeting requirements of NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code.

Well Driller Viewer

• How to Use the Well Driller Viewer [PDF]
• Well Driller Viewer - mobile friendly map instructions [PDF]

Well construction report system - drillers/pump installers

Well Construction Report System

• WAMS ID required

Online WCR provides the ability to:

• enter well construction reports;
• print construction reports and first water quality test forms; and
• search all the reports in the well construction data base.

How to use Online WCR:

• Getting Started with Online WCR
• Private Water WAMS Setup Overview
• Welcome to Online WCR - Instructions
• Quick Look at Online WCR (2:00)
• Basic Intro to WCR Online Entry (12:43)
• Keying Sections 5, 6, 7, 8: Hole-Geology (5:15)

Fact sheets - answer common NR 812 code compliance questions

• All fact sheets for well drillers and pump installers

Drinking water and wells publications

• All drinking water and wells publications
  • You and Your Well [PDF]
  • Driven point (sand-point) wells - before constructing a driven point well, contact DNR at 608-266-1054 for a driven point well packet
  • Submersible Well Pumps and Water Contamination [PDF]

Approved products and equipment

• Approved Drilling, Filling & Sealing Products [PDF] 
• Approved Well Head Equipment Including Pitless Adaptors/Units and Well Caps/Seals [PDF] 
• Approved Well Disinfectant, Rehabilitation & Development Products List [PDF] 

Continuing education

• Continuing education for drillers and pump installers

License and exam application

• Licenses and registrations for water well drillers, pump installers and heat exchange drillers

Renew licenses and registrations online

• Online License Renewal Tips
• Online renewal

Well filling and sealing (well abandonment)

Search/Submit Well Filling & Sealing Reports

• Well filling and sealing
• Answers to your questions on well filling and sealing [PDF]

Special well casing depth area requirements

• Special well casing depth areas [PDF]
• Special casing area requirements for arsenic
• Recommendations for arsenic in drinking water

Required forms

DNR PDF forms

If you have trouble opening, saving or submitting fillable PDF forms in your web browser see PDF help (or try the Non-fillable version of the form).
If you are still having problems opening your form, please contact the Bureau of Drinking Water & Groundwater at 608-266-1054.

• Pump Work - Water Test Request Form 3300-265 [PDF]
• Property Transfer Well and Pressure System Inspection:
  • Form 3300-221 [FILLABLE PDF]
  • Form 3300-221 [NON-FILLABLE PDF]
• Application for Chlorination Form 3300-202 [PDF]
• Application for Landfill Variance:
  • Form 3300-209 [FILLABLE PDF]
  • Form 3300-209 [NON-FILLABLE PDF]
• Application for Variance:
  • Form 3300-210 [FILLABLE PDF]
  • Form 3300-210 [NON-FILLABLE PDF]
• Application for Treatment to Control Contaminants in a Private Water Supply Form 3300-321

Online Submittal of Variances

• WAMS ID required

Writing a Feasibility Statement

• High capacity wells
• Closed Loop Heat Exchange Well Application Form 3300-255 [PDF]
• NR 812 Compliance Report
  • Form 3300-305 [FILLABLE PDF]
  • Form 3300-305 [NON-FILLABLE PDF]
• Anode Drillhole Approval Application Form 3300-250 [PDF]
• Continuing Obligations/Residual Contamination Well Approval Application Form 3300-254 [PDF]
• Spring Box Application Form 3300-316
• Potable Nonpressure Storage Vessel Application Form 3300-317
• Nonpressure Storage Vessel Field Inspection Report Form 3300-305A

Water sampling and testing

• Water sample requirements [PDF]
• Certified Water Testing Labs for Drillers & Pump Installers

Well construction notification and obtaining a well notification number

• Well construction notification
• Obtaining a notification number

Buying/selling a home or property with a well (property transfer) and well inspections

• Buying/selling a property with a well (property transfer) and regulations for well inspections

Heat exchange drilling (geothermal systems)

• Heat exchange drilling (geothermal systems)

Statutes and codes

Wisconsin Statutes

• Ch. 280 - Pure Drinking Water [PDF exit DNR]

Wisconsin Administrative Codes

• NR 123 - Well Compensation Program [exit DNR]
• NR 140 - Groundwater Quality [exit DNR]
• NR 146 - Well Driller and Pump Installer Registration [exit DNR]
• NR 812 - Well Construction and Pump Installation [exit DNR] and NR 812 Appendix
• NR 845 - County Administration of Ch. NR 812, Private Well Code [exit DNR]

NR 812 Rules Changes

• Recent changes to NR 812, Wis. Adm. Code

NR 146/NR 812 Rule Revision Advisory Committee

Contact information for drilling & pump installing services and DNR private water supply specialists

• Drilling & pump installing service directories
• Private water supply specialists

Other resources - using GPS, high capacity wells, PWAC, Rule Revision Advisory Committee

• Accurately locating wells and drillholes using GPS
• Well drillers & installers and electrical work [PDF exit DNR]
• High Capacity Wells
  • How to apply for a dewatering well
• Water Treatment – DSPS Plumbing Program [exit DNR]
• Private Water Advisory Council (PWAC)
• NR 146/NR 812 Rule Revision Advisory Committee