Well construction & licensing
We regulate well construction to ensure safe drinking water, protect water resources, and provide minimum standards for the drilling industry. Our work involves:
- Licensing drillers
- Inspecting well projects
- Administering enforcement
- Evaluating and changing regulations through our Well Construction Technical Advisory Group
We also provide educational resources to property owners who want to drill a new well, maintain a well, or close down (decommission) an unused well.
Well drillers and property owners have the responsibility to ensure safe, legal access to groundwater. Water is not a property right in Washington state. There are many competing uses of water; parts of the state may not have enough water available for new wells or may be closed to future withdrawals.
Well information & resources
Related links
Contact information
Statewide
Scott Malone
State well construction and licensing coordinator
[email protected]
360-407-6648
Althea Untalan
Well administrator
[email protected]
360-407-6650
Northwest region
Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom
Noel Philip
Well construction coordinator
[email protected]
206-594-0195
Lauren Latta
Well report tracking
[email protected]
206-594-0210
Southwest region
Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston and Wahkiakum
Garrett Scheuerman
Well construction coordinator
[email protected]
564-233-8151
Barbara Conger
Well report tracking
[email protected]
360-407-0278
Central region
Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan and Yakima
Chris Duncan
Well construction coordinator
[email protected]
509-490-5183
Tricia Sawyer
Well report tracking
[email protected]
509-867-4459
General questions and Well report tracking
Help desk: 509-575-2597
Eastern region
Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla and Whitman
Jon Espinoza
Well construction coordinator
[email protected]
(509) 981-1958
Sheri McMicheal
Well report tracking
[email protected]
509-329-3541
Richland/Hanford
Jon Lindberg
Well construction coordinator and well report tracking
[email protected]
509-372-7931