WELL PROGRAM
Department Information
Talbot County Health Department
Office of Environmental Health
215 Bay Street, Suite 4
Easton, MD 21601
Phone: (410) 770-6880
Fax: (410) 770-6888
Open Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
*After hours, on-call service is provided for emergency situations related to but not limited to the following: Pet or human exposure to wildlife, Bite or Scratch from pets to humans; Reports of Illegal Open Burning; Complaints of unlawful discharge of sewage to the ground surface, or waters of the State. Staff may be reached after hours by calling the Talbot County Operations Center at (410) 822-0095. The Dispatcher will then contact the staff member on call.*
Individual Drinking Water Supply
Regulatory References COMAR 26.04.01, 26.04.04
Applications to drill a water well in Talbot County must be submitted to this office by a Master Well Driller. An application for a Permit to Drill a well must be accompanied by the required fee (Fee Schedule), as well as Talbot County Well Permit Accessory Form. Once the permit has been issued, the well driller is responsible for contacting this office prior to well construction to schedule a well construction inspection and/or a well grout inspection. Once well construction is completed, the well driller must submit a Well Completion Report to this office.
All new drinking water supply wells and/or replacement wells, must receive a Certificate of Potability in order to receive final Health Department approval. The property owner is responsible for soliciting the services of a State Certified Water Testing Laboratory, (see enclosed list) to have a sample of the new well water analyzed for the following parameters: coliform bacteria, nitrates, arsenic and turbidity. The well must be free of bacteria as determined from the submission of two consecutive satisfactory analysis for coliform bacteria collected a minimum of 24 hours apart. The results of all sampling must be submitted to this office to determine regulatory compliance.
geothermal wells
Permit applications are submitted by a master well driller, accompanied by the required fee (Fee Schedule). Prior to drilling the wells a well construction/well grout inspection must be requested by the well driller. The well driller must submit a Well Completion Report to this office once the geothermal wells have been drilled. No sampling of these wells are required.