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The Environmental Health Staff is responsible for administering Chapter 3701-28 of the Ohio Administrative Code (private water system rules). This program reviews and approves permits for the construction, alteration and abandonment of private water systems. A private water system is defined as a water supply system for the provision of water for human consumption, other than a public water supply system. This includes all water wells, cisterns, springs, ponds and hauled water storage tanks.
What We Do
- Issue permits for new private water systems
- Issue permits for alteration of private water systems
- Issue permits for abandonment of private water systems
- Provide field consultation regarding existing wells
- Inspect and sample new/altered wells to verify compliance
- Provide water sampling for water quality parameters
- Private water system inspections and water sampling for real estate transfers
- Review private water system variance requests to present to the Board
Fees
- Single Family Drilling Permit Fee - $397
- Single Family Well Alteration Permit Fee - $145
- Non-Single Family Drilling Permit Fee - $457
- Non-Single Family Well Alteration Permit Fee - $176
- Variance Application Fee - $25
- Well Seal Permit - $11
- Water Testing Fees - $77 if sanitarian takes sample; $44 is homeowner takes sample
- Water Test with Quanti Tray Bacterial Analysis - $88 if sanitarian takes sample; $55 if homeowner takes sample
- Total Permit Package (Site, Septic and Well) - $1,075
Request for Loan Inspection Services
- Water Sample Only (Total Coliform- No Written Report) - $77
- Water Sample w/Written Report to Describe System - $100
- Sewage Disposal System - $150
- Sewage & Water System w/Written Report - $225
We accept cash checks money orders debit or credit cards for payment.
Make checks payable to Knox Public Health.
Permit Forms
- Private Water System Contractors - ODH
- Private Water System Forms - ODH
- Request Form for Loan Inspection
- Schedule for Submitting Water Samples
- Water Collection Procedures
- Water Sample Request Form
Applications
Law
Additional Information
- Homeowner Instructions on Disinfecting a Well
- ODNR for well logs, sealing reports & water tables
- Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Consumer Information Sheets from the National Groundwater Association
- Arsenic: What You Need to Know
- Bacteria in Your Water: What You Need to Know
- Geothermal Heat Pump Systems: What You Need to Know
- Ground Water Protection: What You Need to Know
- Ground Water Quality: What You Need to Know
- Having a Well Drilled: What You Need to Know
- How to Hire a Water Well Contractor: What You Need to Know
- Hydraulic Fracturing: What You Need to Know
- Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S): What You Need to Know
- The Hydrologic Cycle: What You Need to Know
- Iron Bacteria: What You Need to Know
- Is Your Water Safe? What You Need to Know
- MTBE: What You Need to Know
- Nitrates: What You Need to Know
- Private Water Wells and Public Water Systems: What You Need to Know
- Pumping Systems: What You Need to Know
- Radon: What You Need to Know
- Residential Well Cleaning
- Sealing Unused Wells: What You Need to Know
- Septic Systems: What You Need to Know
- Bottled Water: What You Need to Know
- Water Efficiency: What You Need to Know
- Water Pressure: What You Need to Know
- Water Security: What You Need to Know
- Water Testing and Treatment: What You Need to Know
- Water Well Rehabilitation: What You Need to Know
- Well Caps: What You Need to Know
- Well Construction: What You Need to Know
- Well Definitions: What You Need to Know
- Well Logs: What You Need to Know
- Well System Materials: What You Need to Know