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Monitoring Well Drillers Program

West Virginia presently requires all monitoring well drillers that operate within the state to be certified by the state (effective March 1, 1997).

A monitoring well is defined as being any cased excavation or opening into the ground made by digging, boring, drilling, driving, jetting or other methods for the purpose of determining the physical, chemical, biological or radiological properties of groundwater. This would also include piezometers and observation wells which were installed for purposes other than those listed above, but does not include wells whose primary purpose is to provide a supply of potable water.

A monitoring well driller is the individual operating the drilling rig when drilling, constructing, altering or abandoning a monitoring well, pursuant to Chapter 22, Article 12, "Groundwater Protection Act".

To be eligible for certification, an individual must be able to demonstrate a minimum of two (2) years of monitoring well drilling experience under the supervision of a certified monitoring well driller. Monitoring well drillers actively engaged in monitoring well drilling on or before the effective date of this rule are exempt from the minimum experience requirements. These individuals will have to provide verification of this experience. If the individual has been certified in another state, the individual must provide the state's name, a contact person's name and telephone number for verification purposes.

    To become a certified monitoring well driller, the applicant must initially pass a written certification exam. Testing sessions are administered monthly. We also offer review/testing sessions quarterly. Additional certification training and testing sessions may be scheduled on an as needed basis. Training/Testing Sessions may be canceled if fewer than five individuals register. All testing and training is administered by the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health's (BPH) Office of Environmental Health Services (OEHS) Wellhead Protection Program in Charleston, WV. (Note: there is currently no certification reciprocity between the State of West Virginia and another state, i.e. regardless of certification in other states, you must attain a West Virginia certification.)

    For more information, applications, and other materials, contact Dawn A. Newell of the WV Bureau for Public Health at (304) 356-4337 or by e-mail. Class size is limited to 30 people. All individuals interested in attending sessions must complete an application and send it to the WV Bureau for Public Health as instructed on the application at least two weeks prior to the preferred session. Applicants must present a test site confirmation letter from the WV Bureau for Public Health to be admitted to the exam. The examination is free.


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