Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 100-199 - Environmental Protection General › Chapter NR 146 - Water Well Driller, Heat Exchange Driller, and Pump Installer Licensing and Registration; Drilling Rig Operator License › Section NR 146.11 - Property transfer well inspections

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This section
				applies to all water supply wells as defined in s.
				280.30,
				Stats., used for any potable or nonpotable purpose.
(2) An individual may not for compensation,
				in contemplation of a transfer of real property, conduct an inspection of the
				real property for the purpose of locating or evaluating water supply wells or
				pressure systems or wells that must be filled and sealed on the real property
				unless the individual is a licensed individual water well driller or a licensed
				individual pump installer. Only licensed individual water well drillers or
				licensed individual pump installers may make any statement or offer any
				opinions regarding the existence or nonexistence of wells that need to be
				filled and sealed; or the location, compliance, condition, capacity or
				performance of a well and pressure system for compensation, at time of property
				transfer.
(3) No license is
				required if the only work being done is collecting a water sample for analysis
				at time of property transfer provided the water quality test results are
				reported by the certified laboratory on a laboratory form and no other
				statements are made or opinions offered by the individual or laboratory
				regarding the location, compliance, condition, capacity or performance of the
				well or pressure system or the location or existence or nonexistence of wells
				that must be filled and sealed.
(4)
				Inspectors shall conduct well and pressure system inspections in compliance
				with subchapter VI of ch. .
(5)
				Inspectors shall provide the person requesting the inspection with the
				completed property transfer well inspection form specified by the department.
				The inspector may also attach their own forms or letters, provided those forms
				are not represented to be part of the department form. The well and pressure
				system inspection form is not to be submitted to the department except in the
				case of a variance request.
(6)
				Businesses engaging in the business of property transfer well inspections are
				required to hold a business registration in accordance with s.
				NR
				146.04(4) or
				146.04(5).
Note:
Every individual performing property
				  transfer well inspections is required to be licensed except as noted in sub.
				  (7).
(7) County employees
				are not required to obtain a water well driller or pump installer license to
				conduct property transfer well inspections if the county has adopted a Level 3
				county delegation program under ch. NR 845 and the inspections are conducted as
				part of their duties as county employees. Property transfer well inspections
				performed by Level 3 delegated county employees shall be conducted in
				compliance with the standards in subchapter VI of NR 812 and using department
				form #3300-221.
(8) Requests for
				property transfer inspections of spring or surface water supplies shall be
				referred to the department's private water supply section.