The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended. Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience all features Michigan.gov has to offer.
Guidance Materials
Guidance Materials
Fact sheets
- Arsenic in Well Water
 - Before You Start a Well Drilling Business
 - Coliform Bacteria and Well Water Sampling
 - Consumer's Guide to Hiring a Well Contractor
 - Drinking Water Well Maintenance
 - Elevated Hydrogen Sulfide Gas
 - Flowing Wells
 - Groundwater Statistics
 - How to Locate Abandoned Wells
 - Hydrologic Cycle
 - Insects in Your Water Well
 - Iron Bacteria in Wells
 - Manganese in Wells
 - Nitrate and Nitrite in Drinking Water
 - Plugging Abandoned Wells
 - Plugging Wells When Community Water Lines are Extended
 - Protecting Your Water Supply in an Emergency
 - Water Well Construction Statistics in Michigan
 - Water Well Viewer
 - Wellogic
 - Your New Water Well
 
Document and advisories
- Advisory on PCBs in Older Submersible Water Well Pumps
 - Advisory on Use of Uncertified 8-inch Steel Water Well Pipe
 - Approval of Portland Cement IL
 - Coated Bentonite Tablets Advisory
 - Bacteriological Water Testing - Frequently Asked Questions
 - Constant Pressure Water Systems
 - Discharge of Drilling Materials into Surface Waters
 - Drilling Near Surface Waters
 - Electrical Code Requirements for Water Well Pump Installations
 - Geothermal Heat Pump Systems
 - Grouting Auger-Drilled Water Wells
 - Hazards During Grout Probing
 - Lead Public Advisory
 - Water Use and Water Withdrawal Legislation
 - Water Wells in Shallow Carbonate Bedrock
 - Water Wells Producing Sand or Turbidity
 - Yield Tests for High Capacity Wells