Shallow well definition

Shallow well means a well located and constructed in such a manner that there is not a continuous layer of low-permeability soil or rock (or equivalent retarding mechanism acceptable to the department) at least 5 feet thick, the top of which is located at least 25 feet below the normal ground surface and above the aquifer from which water is to be drawn.
Shallow well means a well located and constructed in such manner that there is not a continuous 5-foot layer of low permeability soil or rock between the aquifer from which the water supply is drawn and a point 25 feet below the normal ground surface.
Shallow well means any well drilled and completed at a depth of six thousand (6,000) feet or less except, in the case of any well drilled and completed east of longitude line 84 degrees 30'; shallow well means any well drilled and completed at a depth of six thousand (6,000) feet or above the base of the lowest member of the Devonian Brown Shale, whichever is the deeper in depth;

Examples of Shallow well in a sentence

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More Definitions of Shallow well

Shallow well means a well providing a source of drinking water which does not meet the requirements of a "deep well".
Shallow well means any well other than a coalbed
Shallow well means any well other than a shallow horizontal well or a coalbed methane well, drilled no deeper than 100 feet below the top of the “Onondaga Group”: Provided, That in no event may the “Onondaga Group” formation or any formation below the “Onondaga Group” be produced, perforated or stimulated in any manner;
Shallow well means any well drilled into rocks younger than the belle fourche formation and does not encounter saline or brackish formation waters to develop or produce geothermal energy.
Shallow well means any well drilled and completed at a depth of six thousand
Shallow well means any well other than a coalbed methane well, drilled no deeper
Shallow well means any gas well, other than a coalbed methane well, drilled no deeper than one hundred feet below the top of the “Onondaga Group” and completed in a formation above the top of the uppermost member of the “Onondaga Group”: and completed in a formation above the top of the uppermost member of the “Onondaga Group”: Provided, That in drilling a shallow well the operator may penetrate into the “Onondaga Group” to a reasonable depth, not in excess of twenty 100 feet, in order to allow for logging and completion operations, but in drilling a shallow well the operator may penetrate into the “Onondaga Group” to a reasonable depth, not in excess of 100 feet, in order to allow for logging and completion operations, but in no event may the “Onondaga Group” formation or any formation below the “Onondaga Group” be otherwise produced, perforated or stimulated in any manner;