State rules
Utah
Utah licenses well drillers and pump installers through the Division of Water Rights under the state engineer. The division's registration page says an applicant for a water well driller or pump installer license must be at least 21 and must file the division's lawful-presence affidavit. The applicant documents two years of full-time experience or 16 wells constructed under a licensed driller in good standing, with the well logs attached. Monitoring well applicants document two years or 32 monitoring wells. A $5,000 well bond payable to the state engineer covers the two-year licensing period. Administrative rule R655-4 says the state engineer licenses drillers and pump installers and that regulated well work must be done by a licensed driller. The division publishes a license listing. This record does not copy names.
Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Licensing or permitting agency
- Utah Division of Water Rights
- Who must hold a credential
- Licensed water well driller and licensed pump installer, plus registered drill rig and pump rig operators
- Official permit or license page
- Official page →
The license is for an individual. It is renewed at the end of June by last name, A through L in odd years and M through Z in even years. The fee list states a $350 driller license and a $100 renewal, and a $200 pump installer license and a $75 renewal. If more than one license type is applied for at once, the fee list says only the highest fee is paid. Those amounts are on the fee list and are not stored in the fee field of this record. The application is sent to the Division of Water Rights, PO Box 146300, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6300.
Rule R655-4 says regulated activities include drilling, construction, deepening, repairing, cleaning, development, testing, disinfection, pump installation or repair, and abandonment. Some cleaning and pump work may be done by a licensed pump installer. The registration page says the experience documentation must show each type of drilling rig that will be listed on the license. References or registration with the division can document experience. A customer should ask for the individual driller license, not a company name alone, and should ask whether the pump will be set by that driller or by a licensed pump installer.
The division's public listing shows licensed drillers, pump installers, and registered operators. Use that listing rather than a copied roster. Well construction is also permitted by the division, so ask for the well permit in addition to the license. Abandonment is listed among the regulated activities in R655-4, so closing a well is not informal work. The registration page is the qualification summary, and the fee list is the current dollar schedule.
Official resources in Utah
Age, experience, bond, and renewal timing.
Driller, pump installer, and operator fees printed by the division.
What work a licensed driller or pump installer must perform.
Federal context for private well households.
Key facts for Utah
- The state engineer licenses water well drillers and pump installers.
- Applicants must be at least 21.
- Drillers show two years of experience or 16 supervised wells.
- A $5,000 bond covers the two-year license period.
- The fee list states a $350 driller license fee.
- Renewal is at the end of June on a last-name schedule.
- Abandonment is a regulated activity under R655-4.
What to do next
- Ask for the individual Utah well driller license.
- Ask whether the pump installer is separately licensed.
- Ask for the division's well permit as well as the license.
- Use the division's license listing rather than a copied roster.
Looking for your city or county in Utah?
We haven't found official program-level pages for Utah we can verify yet, so we don't show local numbers here rather than guess. Here's what to use instead, in order:
- General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across Utah, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
- Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.Utah
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