General Protection of Groundwater Quality and Resources

PURPOSE: This rule prevents the use of monitoring wells for any purpose other than the purpose for which they were designed and allows certain modifications to the application of these rules. (1) Monitoring wells shall not be converted to any other type of well unless advanced written approval is obtained from the department. (2) Monitoring wells shall be constructed so that aquifer mixing does not occur and may not be screened through the soil-bedrock horizon unless advanced written approval is obtained from the department. Drilling water shall be of potable quality. AUTHORITY: sections 256.606 and 256.626, RSMo 2016.* Emergency rule filed Nov. 16, 1993, effective Dec. 11, 1993, expired April 9, 1994. Original rule filed Aug. 17, 1993, effective March 10, 1994. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 1995, effective June 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Nov. 18, 2010, effective July 30, 2011. Amended: Filed June 27, 2018, effective Feb. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 256.606, RSMo 1991 and 256.626, RSMo 1985, amended 1991.