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href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics">Topics</a></span><span> > </span><a href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/water">Water</a><span> > </span><a href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/water/water-licences-permits">Water licences and permits</a><span> > </span><a href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/water/water-licences-permits/rules-regulations">Water rules and regulations</a></span><h1 class="c-content__title">Drilling wells</h1></div><div class="c-content__body" ><div class="rich-text max-w-screen-lg"><p>Drilling wells (bores) to access groundwater requires a Well Permit and work must be done by a licensed driller.</p><p>Using a licensed driller to construct, decommission or undertake maintenance work on a well helps ensure that South Australia’s groundwater resources are protected. A licensed driller is either the holder of a South Australian Well Driller’s Licence, or the holder of an interstate driller’s licence who has registered to work in South Australia by completing the <a href="https://www.cbs.sa.gov.au/news/automatic-recognition-licences">Consumer and Business Services online notification form.</a></p><p>Please refer to the <a href="https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/docs/Well-Drillers-Fact-Sheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Well Driller's Fact Sheet</a> for further information about the requirements for interstate well drillers who wish to work in South Australia.</p><p>The department is responsible for:</p><ul><li>ensuring that only drillers who meet the required standard are licensed</li><li>monitoring drillers to ensure drilling works meet legislated standards</li><li>issuing Well Permits authorising the construction of new wells, and work on existing wells</li><li>managing the right to take water.</li></ul><p>Applying for a permit to drill a well does not guarantee access to water. This is a separate water licensing process and you are encouraged to talk to the department about any proposed well drilling activity and about whether you need a water licence to take the water.</p><h2>Do you need a Well permit?</h2><div>You need a permit for:</div><div><ul><li>drilling, plugging, backfilling or sealing of a well</li><li>repairing, replacing or altering the casing, lining or screening of a well.</li></ul></div><div><div><a title="Apply for a water permit" href="https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/licences-and-permits/water-licence-and-permit-forms/statewide">Apply for a permit</a>.</div></div><h2>Conditions of a Well Permit</h2><div><p>Once the Well Permit is issued approving the drilling activity, a licensed driller must be engaged and the driller must have sighted the Well Permit before carrying out the drilling activities.</p>Drillers must supply the department with a completed driller’s well completion report on the approved form within 30 days of completion of the drilling. Holders of a South Australian Well Driller’s Licence can use the <a href="https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/sa-dfw/well-completion-report-html/">online driller’s well completion report</a>.</div><p><br />Interstate drillers working in SA can use the <a href="https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/docs/SA-Drillers-Well-Completion-Report.pdf">hard copy driller’s well completion report</a>.<br /></p></div><div class="block-video"><div><h2> Drillers Well Completion Report</h2><div class="fixed-aspect-ratio fixed-aspect-ratio--16x9"><iframe class="fixed-aspect-ratio__content" width="560" height="315" title="Drillers Well Completion Report" src="https://youtube.com/embed/WC6ieRAFy4A" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></div></div><div class="rich-text max-w-screen-lg"><h2>Water and Strata Samples</h2><p>If a condition of the Well Permit requires you to submit water and/or strata samples, please deliver them to:<br /></p><p>Department for Environment and Water<br />24-26 Tikalara Street<br />Regency Park SA, 5010</p><h2>Further information</h2><ul><li><a title="Groundwater Data" href="https://www.waterconnect.sa.gov.au/Systems/GD/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Groundwater data</a></li><li><a title="Permit register" href="https://access.mywater.sa.gov.au/aca/Welcome.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Permit register</a></li><li><a title="GPS Coordinates" href="https://apps.waterconnect.sa.gov.au/smartforms/map.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GPS Coordinates</a></li><li><a href="https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/images/General-Specs-for-well-drilling-July-2021.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">General specification for well drilling operations affecting water in South Australia</a></li></ul><h2>Contact us</h2><ul><li>Water licensing/Well Drillers Licence enquiries: (08) 8463 6876</li><li>Well Permits: (08) 8735 1134</li><li>State Drilling Inspector: (08) 8463 6841 or 0428 828 569</li></ul></div><div class="image-gallery gallery"><h3 class="">Image gallery</h3><a href="https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/environment/images/well-drilling.jpg" class="glightbox show" data-title="Rehabilitation of Poolawanna 3, Simpson Desert Conservation Park 2015" data-type="image"><picture><source data-srcset="https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/img/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJlbnZzYS1idWNrZXQiLCJrZXkiOiJlbnZpcm9ubWVudC9pbWFnZXMvd2VsbC1kcmlsbGluZy5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJ3ZWJwIjp7InF1YWxpdHkiOjgyfSwicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjoxMjAwLCJoZWlnaHQiOjEyMDAsImZpdCI6ImNvdmVyIn0sInNoYXJwZW4iOnRydWV9fQ== 1200w, https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/img/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJlbnZzYS1idWNrZXQiLCJrZXkiOiJlbnZpcm9ubWVudC9pbWFnZXMvd2VsbC1kcmlsbGluZy5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJ3ZWJwIjp7InF1YWxpdHkiOjgyfSwicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjo5OTIsImhlaWdodCI6OTkyLCJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciJ9LCJzaGFycGVuIjp0cnVlfX0= 992w, 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