Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024
(1)Certified well contractor requirement. All well services shall be performed by a certified well contractor pursuant to this chapter, except that a person may perform well services on the person's own property without being certified. A certified well contractor shall notify the department or the county prior to performing well drilling services for a well that does not have the required construction permits. A certified well contractor shall notify the department prior to drilling a well if the use of the water requires a water use allocation and the owner has not applied for or been issued a water use allocation.(2)Certified well contractor present. A certified well contractor shall be present at the well site and in direct charge of the well services being performed or provided.(3)Applicability exception. These rules shall not apply to a water operator certified pursuant to Iowa Code section 455B213., when the water operator is performing pump services on any well owned by a public water supply system as defined in Iowa Code section 45 5B. 171. These rules shall not apply to a wastewater operator certified pursuant to Iowa Code section 455B213., when the wastewater operator is performing pump services on a groundwater monitoring well, groundwater dewatering well, or other well not used to provide drinking water, owned by a sewer system as defined in Iowa Code section 455B171.. Pump installer certification requirements shall not apply to monitoring wells.(4)Change of address. Any certified well contractor who possesses a certificate must report to the department a change in address within 30 days after the change.Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-82.2