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 Well Completion Reports
How to obtain copies of Well Completion Reports on file with DWR.
California Water Code Section 13752 prohibits distributing well completion reports to anyone but the landowner, his or her designee, or a government agency without the owner's permission.
Well Completion Report Request-Owner Form (PDF 11KB)
If you are a well owner and wish to obtain a copy of the well completion report for your well or you wish to release the report to others for inspection, you must complete the Well Completion Report Request-Owner Form and mail it to the appropriate Department of Water Resources District Office.

Well Completion Report Release Agreement-Agency Study Form (PDF 12K)
If you are acting as an authorized agent for a governmental agency and are making a study you must complete the Well Completion Report Request Release Agreement-Agency Study Form and mail it to the appropriate Department of Water Resources District Office.

Well Completion Report Release Agreement- Environmental Cleanup Study Form (PDF 14K)
If you are conducting an environmental cleanup study within 2 miles of a known unauthorized release of a contaminant, you must complete the Well Completion Report Request Release Agreement-Environmental Cleanup Study form and mail it to the appropriate Department of Water Resources District Office. The study must be conducted under order of a regulatory agency. The regulatory agency may submit their request on their agency letterhead, but the letter must contain all the information requested on the Well Completion Report Release Agreement-Environmental Cleanup Study form.

Other Well Forms for well drillers, water well contractors, and well owners.
Well Completion Report (PDF 2.56MB)
The Department of Water Resources is responsible for maintaining a file of well completion reports, which must be submitted whenever a driller works on a water well.

How to Fill Out a Well Completion Report-Instructional Pamphlet
(PDF 646KB)
The California Water Code (Section 13700) recognizes that improperly constructed and abandoned water wells can be a source of groundwater contamination and a threat to public health. The purpose of this instruction pamphlet is to assist Water Well Contractors with filling out a Well Completion Report (WCR) to meet the requirements of California law. The Water Code requires Water Well Contractors file a WCR form with the California Department of Water Resources (Section 13751).

Well Data
(MS Word document 78KB)
Well owners are encouraged to maintain records of their wells. The Well Data Form is a form on which well owners can record vital statistics about their well for their personal records.

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DWR District Offices
DWR is responsible for maintaining a file of well completion reports, which must be submitted
whenever a driller works on a water well. Visit the individual District Offices below to contact
staff for well completion reports.

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