Section 812.19. Well plumbness and alignment.

  Well drillers and well constructors shall construct drilled wells to comply with the well plumbness and alignment requirements to the depth to which the permanent pump will be set plus 25% of that depth. When a well is less than 100 feet deep, the allowable deviation from plumb of the well centerline shall be proportional to wells 100 feet deep.

(1)   Plumbness. The plumbness requirements apply only to wells with 10-inch diameter and larger well casing pipe. The deviation per 100 feet of well depth from plumb of the center line of the well may not exceed 75% of the well diameter.

(2)   Alignment.

(a) Wells shall allow the free passage of the pump to be permanently installed in the well to the depth of pump setting plus 25% of that depth.

(b) Wells with bends which prevent setting a lineshaft turbine pump to the desired pump or pump bowls setting, plus 25% of that depth, such that bending of the pump bowls or pump column causes damage to the bearings, will not be accepted by the department unless accepted by the owner of the well.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1991, No. 421 , eff. 2-1-91.