Water Code - Division 8: Capter 10: Water Wells and Cathodic Protection Wells (secs. 13700 - 13701). Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision California Document type Legislation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Groundwater Well sinking/boreholes Authorization/permit Sustainable development Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Chapter of Division 7 of the Water Code of California declares the State policy on the location, construction, maintenance, abandonment, and destruction of water wells, cathodic protection wells, groundwater monitoring wells, and geothermal heat exchange wells, which activities directly affect the quality and purity of underground waters. No person shall undertake to dig, bore, or drill a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater monitoring well, or geothermal heat exchange well, to deepen or reperforate such a well, or to abandon or destroy such a well, unless the person responsible for that construction, alteration, destruction, or abandonment possesses a Water Well Contractor’s License. Such person shall also file with the Department of Water Resources a report of completion of that well. Full text English Website www.waterboards.ca.gov