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Effective August 15, 2005, the Broward County Health Department (BCHD) was
delegated the Well Permitting Program by the South Florida Water Management
District (SFWMD). The Environmental Engineering Section (EES) of the Broward
County Health Department has been issuing construction permits for wells and
conducting onsite inspections as required by Chapters 40E-3, 62-524, and 62-532,
Florida Administrative Code. EES continues to enforce the Broward County
Ordinance Article II ½ requirements for the installations of private wells. All
water wells 12-inches in diameter or smaller including irrigation wells and
monitoring wells, except AC drainage, air sparging or vapor extraction wells to
be handled by FDEP, located in Broward County shall require a permit from BCHD
prior to well construction, abandonment, repair, or modification. Wells larger
than 12-inches in diameter shall continue to be permitted by the SFWMD. A well
construction permit will not be issued unless the required South Florida Water
Management District water use permit has been obtained. All wells except those
serving a single family home, a duplex, or a fire well and monitoring well, need
a water use permit which gives the permittee the legal right to use water.
Each well shall be constructed or abandoned only by a licensed water well
driller. This requirement will ensure that each well will be constructed or
abandoned according to proper standards and requirements to protect the
integrity of the well and the aquifer underneath. Please call the BCHD at the
number listed below if you suspect that a well is being drilled without a permit
or if you see a drilling rig/truck without the license number of the well
driller.
For private and multi-family water system wells and irrigation wells, the
upper terminus of the well casing shall project at least 12 inches above
finished grade. All abandoned wells shall be plugged by filling them from bottom
to top with neat cement grout or with bentonite grout from the bottom up to the
height of the static water level and capped with neat cement grout.
To apply for a well construction permit, please contact:
| Name |
Anthony Vomero, Environmental Specialist II |
| Telephone |
(954) 467-5932 |
| Address |
Broward County Health Department
Environmental Engineering Section
2421-A SW 6th Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 |
| Hours |
Mon - Tue 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wed - Fri 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM |
The Well Permitting Application can be accessed from here:
Well
Permitting Application 
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