Well Fact Sheets

• Coliform bacteria information [PDF]
• Disinfecting your well [PDF]
• Maintaining your well [PDF]
• Preventing pesticide contamination [PDF]
• Testing your well [PDF]

Applications and Forms (all forms and applications are in PDF format)

• Group B Water System Design
  (both Supplemental and Master Applications required)
• Supplemental Application (Guidelines)
• Master Application (Guidelines)
• Locating a Water Well Report Fact Sheet
• Covenants
• Declaration of Covenant
• Public Water Source (Note: legal-sized paper needed)
• Non-Public Water Source (Note: legal-sized paper needed)
• Covenant Fact Sheet 
• Restrictive Covenant
• Public Water Source (Note: legal-sized paper needed)
• Non-Public Water Source (Note: legal-sized paper needed)
• Covenant Fact Sheet

• Certificate of Water Availability (COWA) (Two Single-Family Residential Water Supply)
• Certificate of Water Availability (COWA) (Public Water System)
• Evaluation of Existing Water Systems / Certified Water Sample (Health Dept Pick-up)
• Priority of Service Application - Water System
• Private Well Class for Homeowners with Water Wells
• Request for Waiver from Sanitary Code Provisions - Water Supplies
• Well Construction/Decommissioning Application (Guidelines)
• Well Site Inspection
  (both Supplemental and Master Applications required)
• Supplemental Application (Guidelines)
• Master Application (Guidelines)

General Drinking Water Information

• Drinking Water and Health: What You Need to Know — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• WA State Dept of Health Drinking Water Program
• City of Olympia Water Quality
• City of Lacey Drinking Water Report
• City of Tumwater Water Resources

Water Treatment

• Centers for Disease Control -  Guide to Drinking Water Treatment Technologies for Household Use
• NSF International — Independent testing and certification organization that provides information on contaminants, water treatment devices, certification standards, and NSF certified water treatment models.
• Purifying Household Water [PDF] — WA State Dept of Health

Drinking Water / Well Contamination

• Troubleshooting Checklist for Coliform Contamination [PDF] — WA State Dept of Health, Office of Drinking Water
• Nitrate in Drinking Water (English or Spanish) — WA State Dept of Health, Office of Drinking Water
• Lead in Drinking Water — WA State Dept of Health, Office of Drinking Water
• Copper in Drinking Water — WA State Dept of Health, Office of Drinking Water
• Arsenic and Your Private Well [PDF] — WA State Dept of Health
• When Arsenic is Detected in Drinking Water [PDF] — WA State Dept of Health
• Arsenic in Drinking Water [PDF] — WA State Dept of Health
• ToxFAQs for Arsenic — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• ToxFAQs for Copper — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• ToxFAQs for Lead — Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Other Well Information

• List of Approved Satellite Management Agencies - WA State Dept of Health
• Public Safety: Watch Your Step! "Abandoned Wells: A Hidden Danger" - You can see this new video linked on WA State Dept of Ecology Homepage
• Well Care Information for Homeowners - Water Systems Council
• Well Logs — WA State Dept of Ecology
• Well Construction for Property Owners — WA State Dept of Ecology
• Private Drinking Water Wells — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• North County Coordinated Water System Plan - 1996 [PDF]
• South County Coordinated Water System Plan - 2000 [PDF]

Information for Well Drillers

• Well Construction or Decommissioning Inspection
• Well Construction / Decommissioning Process Checklist