Water Supply Wells - Requirements and Best Management Practices (December 2009)
Description: The intention of this manual is two-fold. First, it provides quick access to a simplified, clear and concise discussion of Regulation 903 as amended under the Ontario Water Resources Act R.R.O. 1990 (The Wells Regulation1). Second, it provides best management practices and recommended techniques that help a person constructing a well to go beyond the minimum standards set by the Wells Regulation and better protect and minimize adverse impacts to our environment.
Download associated files:
- a. Title page, table of contents and Chapter 1: About This Manual
- b. Chapter 2: Definitions
- c. Chapter 3: Well Construction Licences: Obtaining, Maintaining
- d. Chapter 4: Siting the Well
- e. Chapter 5: Constructing
- f. Chapter 6: Annular Space
- g. Chapter 7: Completing the Well’s Structure
- h. Chapter 8: Well Disinfection
- i. Chapter 9: Equipment Installation
- j. Chapter 10: Yield Test
- k. Chapter 11: Maintenance
- l. Chapter 12: Flowing Wells
- m. Chapter 13: Well Records, Documentation, Reporting
- n. Chapter 14: Abandonment: When to Plug
- o. Chapter 15: Abandonment: How to Plug
- p. Glossary
- q. Ontario Legislation
- r. Resources
- Water Supply Wells - Requirements and Best Management Practices
