Environmental Health Water Quality Services

What we do:

• Issue well permits.
• Inspect water wells during construction.
• Collects water samples for new, replacement, and existing wells.
• Issue Certificate of Occupancy Permits (COO’s) for properties with private drinking water wells.
• Issue Certificate of Potabilities (COP’s) for new and replacement wells.
• Provide information on well water supplies.
• Respond to citizens’ complaints about well water supplies.
• Inspect well abandonments.
• Maintain a database of permitted water wells in Harford County.
• Maintain a list of well drillers that work in Harford County.
• Maintain a list of State Certified Water Sample Laboratories that work in Harford County.

Please click on the following links for more information: 

Arsenic in Groundwater

Certified Water Testing Labs in Harford County 

Chlorination Procedure

Drinking Water Contaminants

Hand Dug Well Sealing Instructions 

Harford County Wells – Water Quantity and Quality

Lead Study Groundwater Report

Licensed Well Drillers in Harford County

Private Drinking Water Wells

Private Well Class– Free online training for homeowners with water wells

State Well Construction Regulations

Water Samples

Well Abandonment Standards

Well Loan Program

Well Permits

Well Records and Maintenance Guidelines

Public Water Systems