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Water Well Construction Program

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regulates the practice of water well contracting, permitting and construction as authorized by Chapter 373, Part III, Florida Statutes, Regulation of Wells. 

DEP rules regulating water well contracting and construction are Chapter 62-531, Water Well Contractor Licensing Requirements and Chapter 62-532, Water Well Permitting and Construction Requirements, Florida Administrative Code. Any person who engages in the business of water well contracting to construct, repair or abandon any water well within the state of Florida must be a Florida licensed water well contractor.

Section 373.303(7), F.S., defines a “well” as:

“Well” means any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, acquisition, development or artificial recharge of groundwater, but such term does not include any well for the purpose of obtaining or prospecting for oil, natural gas, minerals or products of mining or quarrying; for inserting media to dispose of oil brines or to repressure oil-bearing or natural gas-bearing formation; for storing petroleum, natural gas or other products; or for temporary dewatering of subsurface formations for mining, quarrying or construction purposes.

Last Modified:
January 8, 2024 - 8:22am

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