Minimum Horizontal Distance Between a Groundwater Well and Source
Source | Minimum Distance |
Septic Tanks | 50 feet (100 feet)* |
Sewage Treatment Facilities | 200 feet |
Sewers and Drains (Watertight) | 10 feet |
Drains (Non-watertight) | 50 feet (100 feet) |
Sewage Holding Tanks and Privies (Vault) | 50 feet (100 feet) |
Barnyard/Feeding and Watering Areas | 100 feet |
Streams, Rivers, and Impoundments | 25 feet |
Sewage Absorption Fields | 100 feet |
Existing Building or Foundation | 10 feet |
Storage or Preparation Area for Fertilizers and Pesticides | 150 feet |
Buried Oil, Gasoline, Chemical Storage Tanks | 50 feet (100 feet) |
Cemetery | 50 feet (100 feet) |
*Note: The distance noted in parenthesis is required when a water well is lower in elevation than the source of pollution or contamination referenced.
W. Va. Code R. agency 64, tit. 64, ser. 64-46, tbl. 64-46 A