The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Water Well Report Viewer allows users to geographically locate and view copies of at least one million scanned water well reports submitted by drillers since 1960.Viewer Help for this system is available. Data from these wells, and the wells in the joint TWDB/TDLR System, can be viewed in an interactive map application.

For wells drilled as early as 1820, the TWDB Groundwater Data Viewer includes approximately 139,000 water well reports in the TWDB Groundwater Database.The joint Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) Submitted Drillers Reports (SDR) Database includes over 270,000 reports submitted by water well drillers since 2001.Statewide Water Well Databasesįive searchable, online water well databases provide a wealth of data on the water wells that exist in Texas: The numbers in the center of the video indicate the depth in feet below the land surface. To watch the video, click on the image (on the left side of this page) of the Northridge Campus building which houses this well and download the. The inside of a water well can be fascinating, as seen in a 40-second video taken with a camera lowered down Austin Community College's Edwards Aquifer monitoring well. Pollution Prevention for Public and Private EntitiesĪCC Edwards Aquifer Monitoring Wellhouse photo courtesy of Kathy McCormack (TCEQ).Groundwater Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).National Groundwater Awareness Week in Texas.

Lifespan of a water well