40E-3.042. Multiple Wells Under a Single Permit

(1) The construction, repair, modification, or abandonment of: (a) Up to eight (8) sandpoint irrigation, monitor, recovery, dewatering, or gang wells 4 inches or less in diameter; or, (b) A Class V air conditioning heat pump system consisting of one supply well and one return well; may be included under one permit provided the conditions of subsection (2) are met. (2) A multiple well permit as described in subsection (1) will be issued provided: (a) The wells are constructed in the same geologic material, completed in the same aquifer, and drilled on a contiguous tract of land owned or controlled by the same individual or entity; and, (b) Each well is the same diameter and constructed of a similar material. (3) The District will authorize multi-zone monitor wells consisting of multiple observation tubes monitoring different depths all located in a single larger diameter well casing under a single permit. Provisions listed in subsection (2) do not apply to this type of well. (4) When a single well construction permit is issued for multiple wells as described above, a separate well completion report is required for each of the wells or tubes.