Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 82a-1212

  • contractor: means any person who constructs, reconstructs or treats a water well. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1203
  • Secretary: means the secretary of health and environment. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1203
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Water well: means any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted or otherwise constructed, when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, diversion, artificial recharge or acquisition of groundwater. See Kansas Statutes 82a-1203

Any water well contractor licensed under this act who constructs, reconstructs or plugs a water well shall keep a careful and accurate log of the construction, reconstruction or plugging of such well and shall furnish a record of said well log to the secretary within thirty (30) days after completion of such well in such form as the secretary might require. The log shall show:

(a) The name and address of the landowner and the legal description of the location of the well;

(b) The character and depth of the formation passed through or encountered;

(c) The depth at which water is encountered;

(d) The static water level of the completed well;

(e) A copy of the record of pumping tests, if any; and

(f) The construction or reconstruction details of the completed water well including lengths and sizes of casing, length and size of perforations or screens, and length and size of gravel packing; [and]

(g) The amount, type and placement of plug materials used in plugging a water well.

A water sample shall be furnished to the secretary, upon request, within thirty (30) days after completion of such well unless an extension of time is granted by the secretary, in which case, the sample shall be furnished to the secretary within such extended period of time. The well logs and a copy of the water quality analysis shall be transmitted by the secretary to the state geological survey and kept on file by the survey and be available to the public.