Indication of a domestic well
As the owner of a domestic well for drinking water supply, you have the obligation to report it.
In order to ensure the quality of drinking water, the water from domestic wells for drinking water supply must be tested for contamination at regular intervals.
In order to determine the necessary examinations as well as the examination intervals, your responsible health authority must be notified of the initial commissioning, construction, significant technical change or transfer of ownership.
Subsequently, the health department will contact you regarding an on-site inspection.
Process flow
They display your home well.
After you have provided and confirmed all the information, you will receive a confirmation of the notification from the responsible health authority.
Your health department will contact you for an on-site inspection of your well and coordinate the further procedure with you.
Requirements
Ownership of a domestic well for drinking water supply
Which documents are required?
None
What are the fees?
Fee: free of charge
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must report a domestic well to the local health department four weeks before it is put into operation, erected or transferred of ownership for the first time.
Domestic wells that have not yet been reported to the health department must be subsequently reported.
Applications / forms
Forms/online services available: Yes
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance required: No
Appeal
There is no possibility of appeal.
What else should I know?
Following the notification, the responsible health authority will contact you regarding an on-site inspection. There are fees for the inspection.
Comments
Following the notification, the responsible health authority will contact you regarding an on-site inspection. There are fees for the inspection.
Detailed information on the supply of drinking water from our own wells and springs can be found in the .
Technically approved by
Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Equality
Professionally released on
22.03.2022
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
