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 146.08 - Licensee and registrant responsibilities

Current through June 24, 2024
All water well driller, heat exchange driller, and pump
				  installer licensees and registrants and registered water well drilling and heat
				  exchange rig operators shall do all of the following if applicable to the
				  individual's license or person's registration:
(1) Perform work in compliance with, and
				ensure that work performed under their supervision is conducted in compliance
				with, all applicable laws and rules and with any plans specifications,
				variances, and approvals approved by the department; and perform work in a
				sanitary manner.
(2) Upgrade any
				noncomplying water well or pump installation feature on which work is
				performed. The upgrade shall comply with the laws and rules and with any plans,
				specifications, variances and approvals approved by the department in effect at
				the time the upgrade is performed. Water well drillers shall be responsible for
				corrections relating to well location, construction and reconstruction. Pump
				installers shall be responsible for corrections relating to the pump
				installation. Noncomplying water systems features forms shall be completed for
				other noncomplying features that are apparent and known, with the exception of
				subs. (9) to (13).
(3) Complete any
				corrections ordered by the department for any water well construction, heat
				exchange drilling, pump installation or filling and sealing on which the
				licensee or registrant performed work, supervised work or signed a well
				construction report. Water well drillers shall be responsible for corrections
				relating to well location, construction and reconstruction. Heat exchange
				drillers shall be responsible for corrections relating to the construction of
				heat exchange drillholes. Pump installers shall be responsible for corrections
				relating to the pump installation. Water well drillers, heat exchange drillers,
				and pump installers shall be held responsible for correcting their well or
				drillhole filling and sealing violations.
(4) Submit any report or form required to be
				submitted by applicable laws and rules and by any plans, specifications,
				variances, and approvals or orders in the time period required and notify the
				department of any change in information submitted on water well driller, heat
				exchange driller, or pump installer license, registration and renewal
				applications. Reports and forms shall be complete, true and accurate.
(5) Clearly identify the name, and license or
				registration number of the licensed supervisory individual or the registered
				person in all advertising, estimates, invoices, and receipts and on any water
				well drilling rig, heat exchange drilling rig, pump installation truck, or
				similar equipment. The identification of equipment shall be at least 2 inches
				in height with at least 1/4 inch wide brush stroke. The identification shall
				have a sharp color contrast with the background on which it is applied. The
				identification shall remain legible and maintained without
				deterioration.
(6) Refuse to
				contract for water well drilling, heat exchange drilling, pump installing or
				filling and sealing for, or lease or lend water well drilling, heat exchange
				drilling, pump installing or water well filling and sealing equipment to, an
				unlicensed individual or unregistered person without having an
				employee/employer relationship and without directly supervising the water well
				drilling, pump installing, or filling and sealing activities of the unlicensed
				individual or unregistered person.
(7) Refuse to contract for water well
				drilling, heat exchange drilling, pump installing or filling and sealing for,
				or lease or lend water well drilling, heat exchange drilling, pump installing
				or filling and sealing equipment to, an individual or person whose license or
				registration was suspended or revoked, without having an employee/employer
				relationship and without directly supervising the drilling, heat exchange
				drilling, pump installing, or filling and sealing activities of the individual
				or person whose license or registration has been suspended or
				revoked.
(8) Licensed individual
				water well drillers shall provide direct supervision on the first 10 water
				wells drilled by any employee or any individual which the licensed driller is
				responsible to supervise, if the employee or individual has no water well
				drilling experience, has no experience in a water well drilling method which is
				new to the employee or individual or has no experience in a grouting method
				which is new to the employee or individual.
(8m) Licensed individual drillers shall
				provide direct supervision on the first 10 water wells and first 10 heat
				exchange drillholes drilled by any employee or any individual which the
				licensed driller is responsible to supervise, if the employee or individual has
				no water well drilling or heat exchange drilling experience, has no experience
				in a water well drilling or heat exchange drilling method which is new to that
				employee or individual or has no experience in a grouting method which is new
				to that employee or individual.
(9)
				Before extending any well casing pipe out of a pit, or deepening a well
				constructed by another individual, the well driller or the pump installer shall
				measure the well casing pipe depth to verify that the casing depth complies
				with the code in effect at the time the well casing was installed. Well
				details, including location, well casing pipe depth, total well depth,
				distances to possible contaminant sources and well owner information shall be
				entered on a form and submitted to the department in accordance with s.
				NR
				812.27(12).
(10) When doing any pump work involving
				replacement of the pressure tank or work involving the water supply piping
				inside the basement or building, upstream of the pressure tank, the pump
				installer shall install a complying sample faucet if one is missing, or replace
				any sample faucet that does not comply with the requirements of s.
				NR
				812.34, including replacement of any threaded sample
				faucet with a sample faucet without threads.
(11) When doing any water well work or pump
				installing work that involves entry into a well located outside a building, the
				water well driller or pump installer shall extend the well casing pipe in
				accordance with the requirements of s.
				NR 812.42
				to at least:
(a) 12 inches above grade for
				any well that is less than 8 inches above grade and was installed before
				February 1, 1991.
(b) 12 inches
				above grade for any well that is less than 12 inches above grade and was
				installed on or after February 1, 1991.