Section 146.11. Property transfer well inspections.

 

(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. NR 812 .

(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) .

(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.

History: CR 13-099 : cr. Register September 2014 No. 705 , eff. 10-1-14.

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Every individual performing property transfer well inspections is required to be licensed except as noted in sub. (7). Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1