VANCOUVER ISLAND WELL DRILLING REGULATIONS

VANCOUVER ISLAND
Well Drilling Regulations

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Regulations
Local Bylaws, Water Well FAQ
Brentwood Bay, Campbell River, Courtenay, Cedar, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Coombs,
Cowichan Valley, Crofton, Duncan, Errington, Ladysmith, Langford, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay,
Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Sooke, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Victoria, Westwold, and Yellow Point

Vancouver Island Well Drilling FAQ - Well Drilling Costs

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Regulations & FAQ

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Regulations and Water Well Bylaws information is available to residents of Brentwood Bay, Campbell River, Courtenay, Cedar, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Coombs, Cowichan Valley, Crofton, Duncan, Errington, Ladysmith, Langford, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Saanich, Sooke, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Victoria, Westwold & Yellow Point and other areas of the island.

Water wells on the island provide industries, municipalities, farms and homeowners with access to groundwater resources to meet domestic and non-domestic water requirements throughout the island communities.

Well Drilling Regulations for Vancouver Island states that water wells must be constructed and maintained to ensure that the groundwater supply is safe from pollution, and the possibility of wasted water is minimized.

Groundwater Protection Regulations

The BC Groundwater Protection Regulations protects groundwater quality and quantity by setting strict-standards for the construction and maintenance of water wells including drilled water wells on the island.

Requiring qualifications for well drillers on Vancouver Island as well as local well pump installers, requiring most water wells be constructed by qualified well drillers who are registered with the province.

The Groundwater Protection Regulations also distinguishes between well related activities that may be conducted by the water well owner or a property owner, and all other water well activities that must be performed by qualified well drillers, qualified well pump installers and Vancouver Island Water Well professionals.

Vancouver Island Water Well Regulations

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Regulations resource page provides links for groundwater resources, aquifers, local well drilling, well drilling costs, water testing, well pump and water well repairs. There are additional water well protection resources including VHIA.

WELLS Database Vancouver Island

The Vancouver Island WELLS Database is a large resource of local water well information including registered island water well reports, groundwater and aquifer data for the area. It allows public access to search the BC well maps for water well data. Search or upload drilled well data to the BC Gov Wells Database for Vancouver Island.

Scroll down the page for Langley Well Drilling Regulations and WELLS BC Database search tool.

The BC Water Resource Atlas and the WELL Database BC user guide provides a detailed explanation to locate data for registered water wells.

Registering an existing Langley water well is not a legal requirement, it's done so on a voluntary basis, as a result not all water wells in Langley will be located in the WELLS BC Database system.

Vancouver Island Well Pump Installers

Drilling and decommissioning of water wells, and installing well pumps in Langley is a restricted activities that must be performed or directly supervised by qualified water well people who are registered with the province to work in B.C.

Well Drilling Cost for Vancouver Island

The well drilling cost on Vancouver Island will be largely determined by local well drilling experience. Knowledge of the island is important to successfully complete drilled wells. Expert well development is crucial for long lasting well wells and to manage the well drilling cost on Vancouver Island and the surrounding communities.

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Experts

Always avoid drilling excessively deep when possible, hire a local well driller who has the expertise to prevent water well problems when constructing water wells.

Drilling excessively deep will increase the overall well drilling cost on Vancouver Island. Learn more about the cost of drilling a well on Vancouver Island at www.VancouverIslandWellDrilling.com

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British Columbia Ministry of Environment
WELLS Database Vancouver Island

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Vancouver Island Water Well Search Tool & FAQ

Search Water Well Regulations and FAQ for Brentwood Bay, Campbell River, Courtenay, Cedar, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Coombs, Cowichan Valley, Crofton, Duncan, Errington, Ladysmith, Langford, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Saanich, Sooke, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Victoria, Westwold & Yellow Point.

Vancouver Island Water Well Search Options

There are several possible approaches when searching the WELLS BC Database for relevant Vancouver Island water well information or a specific water well. Utilize Report #1 or Report #7 if you currently have a Well Identification Plate Number or a Well Tag Number. Use Report #2 if you just have access to basic information or facts with reference to a certain water well, such as the legal description of a property.

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Vancouver Island
Well Drilling Regulations

Vancouver Island Well Drilling Cost, VIHA Links & Drinking Water Guidelines

Water Well Vancouver Island
Ministry of Environment Water Well Protection Kit
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Ground Water Protection Regulations
British Columbia Water Well Regulations
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Vancouver Island Health Authority
VIHA - Health Regulations Vancouver Island
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Islands Trust
Land Use Planning - Local Trust Areas
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Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines
Complete Drinking Water Guideline for BC - Health Canada
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Vancouver Island Well Drilling Cost
Well Drilling Cost Vancouver Island
Cost to Drill a Well on Vancouver Island

Water Rights Database BC
British Columbia Water Rights Search Tool
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Water Bucket
Vancouver Island-Leadership in Water Sustainability
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Vancouver Island Geotech, Geotechnical Services, Geotechnical Engineering & Geotechnical Investigation on Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands

British Columbia Ministry of Environment Regulations:
Setback Requirements & Water Well Regulations for Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island Water Wells Should Not Be:

1) Within a horizontal distance of 3 m (10') of an existing building;
2) Within a horizontal distance of 30 m (100') of any probable source of contamination or point of waste discharge to the ground, such as a privy vault, cesspool, septic effluent field, manure heap, stable or pig sty; or
3) Within a horizontal distance of 120 m (400') of any cemetery or dumping ground.

Not all water wells are drilled deep on the island, many wells are much less than 200' in depth, if located near a possible source of contamination a well can become contaminated and potentially cause serious illness.

The regulated BC Ministry of Environment water well set-backs are in place to protect water wells from becoming contaminated from many possible sources.

For comparable water well drilling depths in your Island community neighborhood and Ministry of Environment set-backs please refer to all local resources including well drilling reports, resources are available at British Columbia Water Well Search.

When drilling for water on Vancouver Island it's important to be up-to-date with relevant local bylaws and other well drilling regulations.

Some possible sources of water well contamination would include waste discharge to the ground, such as a privy vault (also known as an outhouse or pit toilet), cesspool (“overflow” pits), underground storage or fuel tanks, septic tanks an septic-fields, stable or pig-sty, manure heap, fertilizers and pesticides, run-off from urban areas, a cemetery or landfill sites etc.

A drilled well on Vancouver Island or on the surrounding Gulf Islands should be located on higher-ground when feasible to protect the well head from normal or seasonal flooding and possible surface drainage.

Shallow wells and even deep drilled wells located in any of the Vancouver Island communities may be vulnerable and should always be located away from surface drainage ditches and other potential sources of contamination.

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Vancouver Island Well Pump & FAQ

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Well Pump Vancouver Island service area includes Brentwood Bay, Campbell River, Courtenay, Cedar, Cobble Hill, Colwood, Coombs, Cowichan Valley, Crofton, Duncan, Errington, Ladysmith, Langford, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Port Alberni, Saanich, Sooke, Shawnigan Lake, Sidney, Victoria, Westwold & Yellow Point. Vancouver Well Pump services the Gulf Islands.

Vancouver Island Well Pump has fully-stocked water well vehicles, well pump installers and complete service departments available on Vancouver Island. Well pump contractors with complete inventory of well pumps and water system components to handle well pump installations and well pump repairs on Vancouver Island.

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