R.61-71 South Carolina well standards

Abstract

These regulations establish minimum standards for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the following wells: individual residential, irrigation, monitoring (including non-standard installations), and boreholes to ensure that underground sources of drinking water are not contaminated and public health is protected. These regulations do not apply to public water wells as those standards are stated in R.61-58. Additional requirements may be found for injection wells in R.61-87; for water wells which produce greater than 3 million gallons per month in capacity use areas as stated in the regulations promulgated under the Groundwater Use and Reporting Act; for oil and gas exploration and production wells as required under the Oil & Gas Exploration, Drilling, Transportation and Production Act as stated in regulation R.121-8; and for monitoring and remediation wells required under the State Hazardous Waste Management Regulations (R.61-79). Permitting requirements for Individual Residential Wells and Irrigation Wells are found in R.61-44.