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The document WQ-28 outlines the importance of wellhead protection for ensuring safe drinking water in Indiana. It emphasizes the need for community involvement in forming a Wellhead Protection Planning Team, which is essential for developing and implementing a wellhead protection plan. The plan includes steps such as delineating the wellhead protection area, identifying potential contamination sources, managing the area, creating contingency plans, and promoting public education. The document serves as a guide for public water supply operators to engage local citizens in protecting groundwater resources.

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How to maintain a wellhead?

A communitys Wellhead Protection Program must identify all man-made sources of contaminants in the wellhead protection area that may cause adverse health effects. There must be educational and control measures to protect the water supply from these identified sources of contaminants.

How to protect a well head?

Six Principles of Wellhead Protection Proper Well Location. Safety, rather than convenience or economy, should be the first priority when selecting a location for your well. Proper Well Construction. Keep Contaminants Away From Your Well. Backflow Prevention. Sealing Abandoned Wells. Testing Well Water. Sources. Reviewers.

How to protect a wellhead?

If theres any suspicion of potential future surface contamination, bury a sloped poly liner perimeter at least 6ft around the wellhead extending under the slab, with guidance from your local professional. a tight-fitting, vermin-proof well cap. to prevent pollutants from flowing down the well.

Should a well head be covered?

If the wellhead surface is not clean, slippery/greasy, this surface should be cleaned and washed first. Check for any visual or audible leaks. If any anomaly, report to wellhead maintenance coordinator. Check the functioning of the valves and record number of turns as per attached list.

What is the well head protection area?

A wellhead protection area is defined as the surface and subsurface area surrounding a water well or wellfield, supplying a public water system, through which contaminants are reasonably likely to move toward and reach such water well or wellfield.