Information Booklets
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Private Well Consumer Information Booklet
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A guidance booklet designed to help private well owners understand private well construction and well ownership.
IDNR Publication No. 542-8168
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Iowa Groundwater Basics |
A Geological Guide to the Occurrence, Use, and Vulnerability of Iowa's Aquifers
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Well Water Quality and Home Treatment Systems |
An informational booklet by the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa. This booklet provides a guide to well water contaminants and effective water treatment devices. |
Forms
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Generic State well construction application
Please note - local counties may use their own application form. Please check with your local county permitting local county permitting authority.
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Form 542-0988
Form 542-0998
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| Well Plugging Report Form |
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| Well Reconstruction/Renovation Detail Form |
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| Water Well Testing Record Form |
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| Consumer Information Booklet Order Form |
Form 542-8169
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| Well Log Form (IGWS Well Record Form) |
Fillable PDF
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Guidance Documents
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| What should I do when my well floods? |
| Test and Observation Well Guidance and Procedures for Drilling Projects Related to Public Water Supplies |
| GP6 Summary Guidance - Guidance Document for Well Construction and Well Service Discharges A brief Guide to Developing a Well Water Pollution Prevention Plan and Using Best Management Practices |
| Advisory on the Occurrence of PCBs in Older Submersible Water Well Pumps |
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567 Iowa Administrative Code (IAC) Private Well Rules
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| 567 IAC Chapter 38 - Private Water Well Construction Permits |
| 567 IAC Chapter 39 - Requirements for Properly Plugging Abandoned Wells |
| 567 IAC Chapter 49 - Construction Standards - Nonpublic Water Supply Wells |
| 567 IAC Chapter 82 - Well Contractor Certification |
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Other Resources
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Iowa DNR Facility Explorer
A GIS based mapping system that allows you to view information about many of the permitted or otherwise monitored sites around the state. |
Iowa DNR Field Services Offices
The Field Services and Compliance Bureau includes six environmental services field offices throughout the state. They are the local representatives of the IDNR Environmental Services Division, and their primary task is helping people to understand the environmental services programs. |
 Field Office #1, Manchester - Northeast, Iowa
Field Office #2, Mason City - North Central, Iowa
Field Office #3, Spencer - Northwest, Iowa
Field Office #4, Atlantic - Southwest, Iowa
Field Office #5, Des Moines - South Central, Iowa
Field Office #6, Washington - Southeast, Iowa
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Spill Reporting
The State of Iowa requires any person manufacturing, storing, handling, transporting, or disposing of a hazardous substance to notify the department and local law enforcement of the occurrence of a hazardous condition. The notification should be made as soon as possible but not later than six hours after the onset or discovery of the hazardous condition. Local law enforcement is also required by Iowa Code to report a "Hazardous Condition" to the department within six hours.
If In Doubt…Report It!
515-281-8694
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- For more information contact -
Russell Tell, Environmental Specialist Senior
401 SW 7th St, Suite M
Des Moines, IA 50309-4611
(515) 725-0462 or by Fax: (515) 725-0348
russell.tell@dnr.iowa.gov