In an effort to protect citizens from drinking contaminated groundwater, Mecklenburg County wants to keep better track of where wells are located. The County has adopted a set of new health regulations and an expanded groundwater program that will be fee-funded. Regulations are detailed in the following documents.

Groudwater Well Regulations - Current as adopted July 1, 2008

• Final Well Regulations (Complete document - 103 pages)
• Registration Instructions

Regulations by Chapter:

• Table of Contents
• Chapter I (General Provisions)
• Chapter II (Private Water Supply Wells)
• Chapter III (Public Water Supply Wells)
• Chapter IV (Transient Non-Community Water Supplies)
• Chapter V (Groundwater Quality Standards)
• Chapter VI (Monitoring, Injection and Recovery Wells)
• Chapter VII (Areas of Regulated Groundwater Usage)
• Chapter VIII (Enforcement)
• Chapter IX (Groundwater Advisory Committee)