Wells

Grants to counties offers reimbursement for well plugging if the well is plugged in accordance with Iowa DNR guidelines.

There are two options under the DNR guidelines. They are as follows.

• The first option is you can hire a well plugger to do the well plug for you. Any Certified Well Driller, Pump Installer, or Well Plugger can plug your well for you. If you choose this option, the county does not need to be onsite for the actual plugging process. The Certified Well Contractor will do everything for you. All we need is the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Abandoned Water Well Plugging Record form signed by the contractor and homeowner along with an invoice showing the fee you paid the contractor to plug your well, and our office will issue a reimbursement check to you up to $500.00.
• You, as the homeowner, can plug your own well with the oversight of Warren County Environmental Health. To do this, the Warren County Environmental Health office will come to the well site and do a well plugging estimate at no charge. The estimate will tell you how much material will be needed to plug the well. We will need an original invoice from you stating the cost of supplies you paid for plugging the well. Then, you will have to schedule a time to complete the well plugging with Warren County Environmental present to supervise the plugging in order to qualify for reimbursement. If you choose to plug the well yourself, the reimbursement is up to $500.00 for materials only, labor cannot be included in this.

Click below for a copy of the well plugging form. It is located at the bottom of the IDNR page under “Well plugging record form required”.