The Water Supply Division licenses well drillers in the State of Vermont, as well as, maintains a database of wells drilled and their locations.

Well Driller Licensing Rule
The Well Driller Licensing Rule, effective August 20, 2003, can be found here (75 KB PDF) . For more information about the Well Driller Licensing Rule, please contact Scott Stewart of the Water Supply Division at: 802-241-3426.

Well Construction and Isolation Standards for Wells

Excerpt from the Vermont Water Supply Rule, Chapter 21, Appendix A, Part 12.

License Application & Instructions: MS Word (102KB) PDF (84KB)
Includes application form, instructions, child support and taxes statement form, and 'qualifying individual agreement' information for first time water well drillers, monitoring well drillers or both.  For more information about license applications, please contact Dennis Nealon at 802-241-3411.

License Renewal Application: MS Word (190KB) PDF (121KB)

For well drillers who are already licensed in Vermont.  For more information about license renewals, please contact Dennis Nealon at 802-241-3411.

Well Tags, Well Completion Report Forms, Rig Seals: These may be resupplied by contacting Marion Okuszki at 241-1477.

Well Locations and Information:

Well Log Database
A searchable database of the Well Completion Reports can be found here.

For more information about well completion reports, please contact Ken Kelsey at 802-241-3427.

Well Locator Map
An interactive mapping program for the location of wells can be found here.

For more information well location maps, please contact Ken Kelsey at 802-241-3427.

Agency of Natural Resources Environmental Interest Locator
Agency of Natural Resources maintains a number of interactive maps of Environmental interest which can be found here.

Licensed Well Drillers

A list of Vermont Licensed Well Drillers can be found here.

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