Alberta water well drillers reports data base

Alberta’s main database for water well drillers’ reports is the Alberta Water Well Information Database (AWWID), maintained by the Groundwater Information Centre and accessible to the public online. This resource provides comprehensive records on water well drilling activities across the province and is continually updated.alberta+2​

Database Features

• The AWWID hosts approximately 500,000 well records, with about 3,000 new reports added each year.alberta​

• It contains water well drilling reports, chemical analysis reports (up to 1986), geophysical logs, yield and baseline test results, springs, flowing shot holes, and well decommissioning reports.alberta+2​

How to Access and Use

• Reports are accessible via an interactive map, searchable by location (legal land description, address, etc.), owner, well ID, or survey plan.groundwater.alberta+1​

• The majority of modern drilling reports are submitted electronically and published within an hour, but a minority arrive as paper copies, which may take longer to appear.groundwater.alberta+1​

• If a drilling report cannot be located, the Groundwater Information Centre can help search or take action to obtain missing records.alberta+1​

• For corrections or updated information, contact details and procedures are provided to ensure well records remain accurate.alberta​

Additional Data Sets

• The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) hosts related datasets and daily-updated general well data covering oil, gas, oil sands, and domestic water wells.aer​

• There are specialized reports, such as casing failure, well pad, vent flow, and gas migration reports, available for deeper technical analysis.aer​

Who Can Use the Database

• The public, municipal officials, hydrogeologists, drillers, and landowners routinely use the database for planning, compliance, and groundwater management purposes.waterportal+2​

• AWWID is used for everything from local water resource planning to identifying trends in drilling activity and groundwater quality.

Useful Contacts and Tools

• To report suspected non-compliance or to request support with well records, direct contact information for the Groundwater Information Centre is available: 780-427-2770 (in Alberta).mountainviewcounty+2​

Alberta’s water well drilling reports and groundwater data are publicly available and form the core resource for hydrological monitoring, water resource management, and research in the province.waterportal+3​

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