What do I need?
Unless you know all rules and engineering requirements for drilling a water well, you need a licensed driller. Improperly completed wells can be closed up at the owners expense, and the owner can be fined.
Where can I find licensed drillers?
Licensed drillers may be licensed in any Texas county, and can be found at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation website: Licensed Drillers
For an Exempt well
A registration form
For a non-Exempt well
- If existing well: registration
If new well: well construction application - meter (reading must be logged monthly, and log must be kept by owner for inspection)
- Static water level (swl) sensor
- Operating permit
- Annual use report
Exempt wells
- Exempt from permitting requirements
- Requires a one time well registration
- Domestic/household/livestock Consumption
- Can water yard, not field
- Well can not be equipped to pump more than25,000 gallons per day
- Can be used to fill stock tank, but water filled can not be used for irrigation or other non-exempt use
non-Exempt wells
- Not exempt from permitting requirements
- Irrigation/Municipal/Industrial
- Requires well construction application
- Requires a flow meter
- Requires an operating permit to pump
- Non-exempt Trinity and Carrizo-Wilcox wells are required to have a static water level (SWL) sensor