Chapter NR 812

Chapter NR 812

WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION

Subchapter I — General

NR 812.01   Purpose.

NR 812.02   Applicability.

NR 812.03   Cooperation with the department.

NR 812.04   Contracts for noncomplying installations.

NR 812.05   Disposal of pollutants; injection prohibition.

NR 812.06   Drinking water standards.

NR 812.07   Definitions.

NR 812.08   Water well, reservoir and spring location.

NR 812.09   Department approvals.

NR 812.091   Product and component approvals.

Subchapter II — New Water Well and Heat Exchange Drillhole Construction and Reconstruction and Filling and Sealing of Wells and Drillholes

NR 812.10   Well driller and well constructor requirements.

NR 812.11   Well construction equipment and materials.

NR 812.12   General drilled type well construction requirements.

NR 812.13   Drilled wells terminating in unconsolidated formations.

NR 812.14   Drilled wells in bedrock formations.

NR 812.15   Flowing wells.

NR 812.151   Heat exchange drillhole location and construction requirements.

NR 812.152   Construction requirements for potable high capacity wells, potable school wells, and wastewater treatment plant wells.

NR 812.16   Gravel packs.

NR 812.18   Welding procedures.

NR 812.19   Well plumbness and alignment.

NR 812.20   Grouting and sealing.

NR 812.21   Liners.

NR 812.22   Well rehabilitation and batch chlorination.

NR 812.23   Driven point wells.

NR 812.24   Dug type well design and construction.

NR 812.25   Springs.

NR 812.26   Well and drillhole filling and sealing.

Subchapter III — Requirements for New Pump Installations and Water Treatment

NR 812.27   Pump installer requirements.

NR 812.28   Pump installation equipment and supply pipe.

NR 812.29   Height of finished well.

NR 812.30   Vermin-proof well caps and seals.

NR 812.31   Pitless adapters and pitless units.

NR 812.32   Pumps.

NR 812.33   Water storage vessels.

NR 812.34   Sample faucets.

NR 812.35   Yard hydrants.

NR 812.36   Pits.

NR 812.37   Water treatment.

NR 812.38   Injection of fertilizers or pesticides for agricultural purposes.

NR 812.39   High capacity well water level and water usage measurement.

NR 812.40   Above ground pumphouses.

NR 812.41   Disinfection, flushing and sampling.

Subchapter IV — Standards for Existing Installations

NR 812.42   Criteria for evaluation.

Subchapter V — Variances

NR 812.43   Variances.

Subchapter VI — Property Transfer Well Inspections

NR 812.44   Property transfer well inspections.

Subchapter VII — Citations

NR 812.45   Citations.

Subchapter VIII — Water sampling, analysis and reporting requirements

NR 812.46   Water sampling, analysis and reporting requirements.

Ch. NR 812 Note Note: Chapter NR 112 as it existed on September 30, 1975 was repealed and a new Chapter NR 112 was created effective October 1, 1975. Chapter NR 112 as it existed on January 31, 1991 was repealed and a new Chapter NR 112 was created effective February 1, 1991; Chapter NR 112 was renumbered Chapter NR 812 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, September, 1994, No. 465.

subch. I of ch. NR 812 Subchapter I — General

NR 812.01 NR 812.01 Purpose.

NR 812.01(1) (1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish uniform minimum standards and methods in conformity with chs. 280 and 281, Stats., for:

NR 812.01(1)(a) (a) Obtaining or extracting groundwater for any purpose; and

NR 812.01(1)(b) (b) Protecting groundwater and aquifers from contamination through adequate construction and reconstruction of water systems.

NR 812.01(1)(c) (c) Evaluating, locating, and identifying wells and pressure systems at the time of a property transfer.

NR 812.01(2) (2) This chapter shall govern the location, construction or reconstruction, maintenance and inspection of wells and water systems and heat exchange drillholes, the filling and sealing of wells and drillholes and the installation and maintenance of pumping and treatment equipment.

NR 812.01 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1991, No. 421, eff. 2-1-91; am. (1) (a), Register, September, 1994, No. 465, eff. 10-1-94; correction in (1) (intro.) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, December, 1998, No. 516; CR 13-096: am. (2), CR 13-099: cr. (1) (c), am. (2) Register September 2014 No. 705, eff. 10-1-14; 2015 Wis. Act 197 s. 42 Register April 2016 No. 724.

NR 812.02 NR 812.02 Applicability.

NR 812.02(1) (1) For the purposes of construction and installation, the provisions of this chapter apply to all new and existing water systems and drillholes with the following exceptions:

NR 812.02(1)(a) (a) Wells governed under ch. NR 141, unless they are high capacity wells, in which case ch. NR 812 also applies.