Exempt well eligibility check (free)
- Parcel and acreage
- Lot creation date and subdivision status
- Allowed uses under C.R.S. 37-92-602
- Existing wells on the parcel
- Fee and form to file
- Who drills and reports the well
Colorado land buyers and owners planning a well
Where is the Colorado parcel?
Free check for a Colorado household or domestic well permit: the 35-acre rule, allowed uses and the $100 fee, before you file with the state.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Parcel acreage
- Existing wells
- Nearby streams
How it works
Exempt well eligibility check, from one answer
- Enter the parcel and what the well will supply.
- ePlan checks acreage, nearby wells and the exempt well rules.
- Read the free check. Building a house? Start a septic permit application.
What you get
Exempt well eligibility check and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Septic permit door.
Septic permit application
- Site plan
- Soils and percolation results
- Setbacks from the well
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Parcel and acreageRegrid nationwide parcel data (or the county assessor)
- Existing well permits nearbyColorado DWR well permit search
- Streams and drainagesUSGS National Hydrography Dataset
35 acres
is the tract size on which an only well can be permitted for household use, livestock and up to 1 acre of lawn and garden
Source: C.R.S. 37-92-602(3)(b)(II)(A), Colorado Revised Statutes
Ready for the paperwork?
Enter the property: ePlan pulls soils, slope and flood data, estimates the system type and drafts your county septic permit application. Free to read.
Questions
Colorado Exempt Well Permit: what people ask
Can I get a well on 35 acres in Colorado?
If it will be the only well on a tract of 35 acres or more and used for exempt purposes, the law presumes it won't injure other water rights. Those uses include up to three homes, livestock and 1 acre of lawn and garden, at 15 gpm or less.
What if my lot is smaller than 35 acres?
The same presumption covers the only well on a residential site used solely for ordinary household purposes inside one single-family home, with no irrigation. Lots in subdivisions approved after June 1, 1972 are judged with the other wells in the subdivision.
What does the permit cost?
The statute sets a $100 application fee for a household or domestic well permit and $60 for a commercial well serving drinking and sanitary facilities.
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