La. Admin. Code tit. 56 § V-535
Abandoned Well-a well whose use has been permanently discontinued or which is in such a state of disrepair that it cannot be used to supply water or for observation purposes.
Active Well-an operating augered, dug, driven, bored, or drilled well that is used to supply water.
Aquifer (Ground Water-Reservoir)-a formation group of formations, or a part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated material to yield significant quantities of water to wells.
Board-the Board of Commissioners of the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation District.
Bridge Plug-a cement plug of not less than 50 feet in length set at the bottom of the hole or well or at any depth in the hole or well.
Casing-a tubular retaining structure, generally metal, which is installed in a drilled, bored, driven, or augered hole to maintain the well opening.
Cement Grout-a mixture consisting of not more than two parts of sand to one bag of cement (94 lbs.) and 5 to 10 gallons of water.
Commission-the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation Commission.
Commissioner-the elected board of Commissioners of the Capital Area Ground Water Conservation District.
Concrete Grout-a mixture consisting of cement, sand, gravel and water in the proportion of one bag of cement (94 lbs.) to an equal volume of dry sand and gravel and five to ten gallons of water.
Cement Slurry-see definition for neat cement.
Contaminant-any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
Contamination-any introduction into water from outside sources of microorganisms, chemicals, wastes, or waste-water in a concentration that makes the water unfit for its intended use.
Department-the Louisiana Department of Public Works.
Director-the Director of Public Works of the State of Louisiana or his designated representative.
District-Capital Area Ground Water Conservation District.
Drill Cuttings-samples of the material obtained during drilling and the source of lithologic information needed for proper selection of screen openings. The principal objective of drilling test holes is to obtain samples.
Geopressured Aquifers-a term used for an aquifer, especially in the Gulf Coast Area, in which the fluid pressure exceeds the normal hydrostatic pressure of 0.465 pounds per square inch per foot of depth.
Geothermal-pertains to the internal heat of the earth.
Ground Water-water suitable for any beneficial purpose percolating below the earth's surface.
Gravel Packed Well-an underreamed well in which artificially selected gravel or coarse material is hydraulically placed in the area immediately surrounding the screen or slotted pipe used as a screen, to increase the effective diameter at the well.
Health Hazard-any condition that may create a danger to public health and well being.
Inactive Well-a well which is not in operation but can be used, with a minimum of effort as an observation well or a supply well.
Lessee-see definition for water well owner.
Neat Cement (Cement Slurry)-a mixture consisting of one bag of cement to five to ten gallons of water.
Observation Well-a well used by the owner, an appropriate engineering or research group in studies of the water resources of an area.
Person-any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, tutor, curator, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind.
Pilot Hole-a hole drilled or augered with the intent to install casing and supply water.
Pollution-a condition created by harmful or objectionable material in water.
Potable Water-water whose bacteriological, physical, and chemical properties make it suitable for human consumption.
Public Water System-a system for the provisions to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals.
Registered Well-an inventoried well that has been assigned a local well number by the state and whose records are available.
Saline Water-water with a dissolved solids content of 1,000 milligrams per litre or more.
Screen-a structural tubular retainer, usually metal, used to support the hole in unconsolidated material with openings in the form of slots, whose openings are selected on the basis of adopted standards and allows sand free water to flow freely into the well in ample quantities and with a minimum loss of head. In agricultural wells and in other wells from which the pumping of sand creates little or no problems slotted pipe is used.
Seepage-the appearance and disappearance of water into the ground surface-a type of water movement.
Standby Well-a well that is used in emergencies or occasionally as a replacement well for a supply well.
Surface Plug-a cement plug of not less than 30 feet in length, in wells or holes deeper than 30 feet, and set at or below the top of the casing in the well.
Water Well Owner-individual, corporation, association, partnership, institution, or governmental agency who is either the legal owner of the property on which the well is located or is holding a long term lease on the property (lessee).
La. Admin. Code tit. 56, § V-535