Ontario Ground Water Association

48 Front Street East, Strathroy, ON   N7G 1Y6
Phone: 519-245-7194     Fax: 519-245-7196     E-mail: ogwa @ ogwa.ca     Web:  www.ogwa.ca 

January 2010

Ministry of the Environment (MOE):

Water Wells Supply - Best Management Practices Handbook

The following links provide information on the latest BMP Handbook covering Reg. 903.

The OGWA is providing you access to BMP chapters below.

This information is provided for general information purposes only. Any revisions to chapters will be posted as they are made available to us by the MOE.

 ·                                 Chapter 01 - About this Manual.pdf

·                                 Chapter 02 - Definitions & Clarifications.pdf

·                                 Chapter 03 - Well Construction Licences - Obtaining, Maintai.pdf

·                                 Chapter 04 - Siting The Well.pdf

·                                 Chapter 05 - Constructing & Casing the Well.pdf

·                                 Chapter 06 - Annular Space & Sealing.pdf

·                                 Chapter 07 - Completing the Well's Structure.pdf

·                                 Chapter 08 - Well Disinfection.pdf

·                                 Chapter 09 - Equipment Installation.pdf

·                                 Chapter 10 - Yield Test.pdf

·                                 Chapter 11 - Maintenance.pdf

·                                 Chapter 12 - Flowing Wells.pdf

·                                 Chapter 13 - Well Records, Documentation, Reporting & Taggin.pdf

·                                 Chapter 14 - Abandonment - When to Plug and Seal Wells.pdf

·                                 Chapter 15 - Abandonment - How to Plug and Seal.pdf

                                  Glossary.pdf

                                  Ontario Legislation.pdf

                                  Resources .pdf

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These files can be viewed by clicking directly on the link and loading into your internet browser, or you can right click and use "Save file as.." or "Save target as..." depending upon your software.

 If you have any questions or problems with these links, contact the OGWA office ASAP. You will need Adobe Reader to read these files. This is a free program downloadable from www.adobe.com  - click on "Get Adobe Reader". NOTE: If your system is on dial-up, these files are quite large and will take substantial time to download.