{"id":217,"date":"2025-11-23T13:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:51:31","slug":"what-do-i-need","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/what-do-i-need\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I need?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What do I need?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Unless you know all rules and engineering requirements for drilling a water well, you need a licensed driller<\/span>. Improperly completed wells can be closed up at the owners expense<\/span>, and the owner can be fined<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Where can I find licensed drillers?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Licensed drillers may be licensed in any Texas county, and can be found at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation website: Licensed Drillers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For an Exempt well<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A registration form<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For a non-Exempt well<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  • If existing well: registration
    If new well: well construction application<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • meter (reading must be logged monthly, and log must be kept by owner for inspection)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Static water level (swl) sensor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Operating permit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Annual use report<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Exempt wells<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    • Exempt from permitting requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Requires a one time well registration<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Domestic\/household\/livestock Consumption<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Can water yard, not field<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Well can not be equipped to pump more than25,000 gallons per day<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Can be used to fill stock tank,but water filled can not be used for irrigationor other non-exempt use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      non-Exempt wells<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      • Not exempt from permitting requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Irrigation\/Municipal\/Industrial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Requires well construction application<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Requires a flow meter<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Requires an operating permit to pump<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Non-exempt Trinity and Carrizo-Wilcox wells are required to have a static water level (SWL) sensor <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-217","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217\/revisions\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcgcd.org\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}