| Title | Definition |
|---|---|
| Water Quality | The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) monitors, reports, and protects Arizona’s groundwater quality. Water quality information can be obtained from ADEQ’s Water Quality Division Website. For information regarding testing the water quality of a private well, suggested testing schedules, and labs that test water quality, visit the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS). |
| Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF) Site | This is a location included in the State of Arizona’s |
| Well | A man-made opening in the earth through which water may be withdrawn or obtained from beneath the surface of the earth except as provided in section 45-591.01. A.R.S. § 45-402 (43). Wells drilled for oil, gas or helium pursuant to the provisions of title 27 are not wells as defined by this chapter. A.R.S. § 45-591.01. |
| Well Driller Report and Well Log | A well driller report must be filed by the well driller within 30 days of the completion of a well and must describe the |
| Well Drilling | The construction or repair of a well, or the modification, except for abandonment, of a well, regardless of whether compensation is involved, including any deepening or additional perforating, any addition of casing or change to existing casing construction, and any other change in well construction not normally associated with well maintenance, pump replacement, or pump repair. A.A.C. R12-15-801(29). |
| Well Drilling Contractor | This is an individual, public or private corporation, partnership, firm, association, or any other public or private organization or enterprise that holds a well driller’s license pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-595(B). A.A.C. R12-15-801(30). A list of licensed well drillers can be found here. |
| Well Primary Water Use Group | Wells 55 has 23 primary water use types to describe the first water use listed for each well. To make analysis and visualization of the over 218,000 wells easier, these primary water use types have been grouped as follows. 1. The Agriculture or Stock group consists of Irrigation and Stock primary water uses. 2. The Domestic group consists only of the the Domesitc water use type. 3. Dewatering, Drainage and Remediation make up the group of the same name. 4. Industrial consists of Industrial Commericial and Mining. 5. Monitoring and Test wells are in the group of the same name. 6. The Municipal Group consists of Municipal Uses, Subdivision, and Utilitly (Water Co). 7. The No Code group includes No Use Code on Noi, No Water Use, None listed and Unknown. Other-Mineral Explore, Other-Production, Recreation and Reserved compose the Other group, and 8. Recovery is the final group. |
| Well Spacing and Impact Rules | These are rules that govern the location of new wells and replacement wells in new locations in Active Management Areas to prevent unreasonably increasing damage to surrounding land or other water users from the concentration of wells. Well spacing and well impact rules are authorized pursuant to A.R.S. § 45-598(A) and are set forth in A.A.C. R12-15 1301 through R12-15-1307. |
| Well Type Group | The Wells 55 database code table for well types has 27 codes. In order to make some types of analysis and data visualizations easier, the concept of Well Type Groups was created. The groups consists of the following specific well types listed here: 1. Exempt: Exempt, Exempt - Domestic Stock, Exempt - Non-Domestic. 2. Non-exempt: Non-Exempt Replacemet Well in New Location, Non-Exempt Service, Non-Exempt Sump Pump, Trench or Sand Points, and Non-Exempt Withdrawal Permit. 3. Special: all well types starting with |