Description: A well means constructing a drilled, driven or dug well to supply water from an underground source for irrigation including chemigation and fertigation, livestock and poultry, aquaculture, freeze protection, or on-farm processing.

AgWRAP Water Supply Well Policy

Maintenance Period: 10 years

Additional Spot-check Requirements: None

BMP Units: Each
Cost Information: Average and actual cost for components on AgWRAP average cost list. The maximum cost for a well, including all eligible components, is $25,000.

CS2 Project Description examples

Expected Results:

• Acres irrigated (annually), or
• Acres affected (annually, acres grown and processed for on-farm processing), or
• Animal type and number

Reference Materials:

• Conservation Plan
• NC-AgWRAP 11 Signature Page
• Map with BMPs, Tract, Field, and Contract Numbers
• For 90% Cost share, upload NC-CSPs-1E form.
• Cooperator Acknowledgment Form
• Site Evaluation Sheets:
  • Irrigation Water Well
  • Livestock Water Well

For RFP:

• Well Construction Record Form (GW-1)
• Water Well Check Out Sheet
• Receipts Summary Page for actual cost items
   

JAA: 

• NRCS - 642 - Water Well
• NRCS - 533 - Pumping Plant

OR

• A Well Construction Record Form (GW-1) completed and signed by a well contractor certified by the North Carolina Well Contractors Certification Commission shall serve as adequate construction approval for wells.
• Proper documentation of the information provided by a Certified Well Contractor, on the Pump Installation Information Plate shall serve as adequate construction approval for the well pump.
  • Site Evaluation Sheets:
    • Irrigation Water Well
    • Livestock Water Well

• Livestock Watering Well Diagram
• Irrigation Well Diagram
• See if your project is location in the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (15 eastern counties) - Permits or Registration and Reporting may be required. 
• Find a Certified Well Contractor
• Contract Folder Checklist - Water Supply Well