NOTICES: 

• Changes are proposed to the Mecklenburg County Groundwater Well Regulation. View these changes online.
• New GWS Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2008

In order to protect the public's health through the protection of the groundwater resource, the Groundwater & Wastewater Program approves and oversees private wells, wastewater treatment and disposal systems, and other regulated sites.  Quick links to our most requested information are provided below.

• Register Your Well
• Check the Status of a Septic System Permit
• Register a Monitoring Well
• Check Water Supply Well Sampling
• Obtain a Subsurface Investigation Permit
• Submit a Service Request
• NC State Lab

Let us know how we're doing - please take a couple of minutes to take our short Customer Survey.

• Application - Commercial Well or Septic Tank  
• Application - Residential Well or Septic 
• Application - Use Existing System
• Plot Plan 
• Well Abandonment Form
• Well Regulations
• ...[more]

• Septic/Wastewater Overview
• Septic System Use & Maintenance  
• State Rules for Sewage  Systems
• Storm Center 
• Well Regulations
• What to Test For
• Well Chlorination Procedures 
• ...[more]