Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 690 - WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT › Division 205 - WATER SUPPLY WELL CONSTRUCTION: STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Section 690-205-0210 - Well Report Required (Water Supply Well Log)

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A water well
			 report (water well log) shall be prepared for each water supply well
			 constructed, altered, converted, or abandoned. This requirement includes
			 unsuccessful wells and wells exempt from appropriation permit requirements
			 under ORS 537.545. The log shall be
			 certified as correct by signature of the Water Supply Well Constructor
			 constructing the water supply well. The completed log shall also be certified
			 by the bonded Water Supply Well Constructor responsible for construction of the
			 well. A water well report must be submitted by each bonded constructor (if
			 drilling responsibility is shifted to a different bonded constructor), showing
			 the work performed by each bonded constructor.
(2) Well reports may be submitted
			 electronically by a Department-approved method. Well reports submitted on paper
			 shall be prepared in triplicate on forms furnished or previously approved in
			 writing by the Water Resources Department. The original shall be furnished to
			 the Director, the first copy shall be retained by the Water Supply Well
			 Constructor, and the second copy shall be given to the customer who contracted
			 for the construction of the water supply well.
(3) The bonded Water Supply Well Constructor
			 shall file the certified water well report with the Water Resources Department
			 within 30 days after the completion of the construction, alteration, conversion
			 or abandonment of the water supply well.
(4) The trainee or Water Supply Well
			 Constructor operating the water supply well drilling machine shall maintain a
			 rough log of all geologic strata encountered and all materials used in the
			 construction of the water supply well. This log shall be available for
			 inspection by the well inspector, or other authorized agent of the Water
			 Resources Department at any time before the water well report is received by
			 the Department. The rough drilling log shall be in handwritten or electronic
			 form, or a voice recording.
(5) In
			 the event a constructor leaves any drilling equipment or other tools in a water
			 supply well, this fact shall be entered on the water well report.
(6) A copy of any special authorizations or
			 special standards issued by the Director shall be attached to the water supply
			 well report.
(7) The report of
			 water well construction required in section (1) of this rule shall be submitted
			 electronically by a Department-approved method or recorded on a form provided
			 or previously approved in writing by the Department. The form shall include, as
			 a minimum, the following:
(a) Name and
			 post-office address of the well owner;
(b) Name and license number, if applicable,
			 of the licensed or permitted person performing the work;
(c) Name and license number, if applicable,
			 of the licensed or permitted person responsible for the work;
(d) Name of any person that assisted with the
			 work;
(e) Started/Completed
			 date;
(f) Location of the well by
			 county, Township, Range, Section, tax lot number, if assigned, street address,
			 or nearest address, the nearest 1/4, 1/4 section, and Latitude and Longitude as
			 established by a global positioning system (GPS);
(g) Start card number;
(h) Well identification label number (well
			 tag number);
(i) Type of
			 well;
(j) Use of well;
(k) Type of work;
(l) Depth drilled and completed
			 depth;
(m) Diameter of
			 boreholes;
(n) Type, size, and
			 amount of casing and where placed in the well;
(o) Type and amount of seal material used and
			 where placed;
(p) Number and
			 location of perforations or screens;
(q) Temperature of the groundwater
			 encountered;
(r) Thickness of
			 aquifers;
(s) Total dissolved
			 solids (TDS); and
(t) Such
			 additional information as required by the Department.