Water Well Drillers and Pump Installers | TDLR News and Updates https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:24:19 +0000 en-US monthly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.10 On The Level – January 2025 Edition https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2025/01/28/on-the-level-january-2025-edition/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-1820 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 22:02:56 +0000 Articles in the January 2025 edition of TDLR on the Level include:

  • Advisory Board Openings
  • Legislative Update
  • Program Updates
  • Quiz Yourself
]]> On The Level – July 2024 Edition https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2024/07/02/on-the-level-july-2024-edition/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-1086 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:03:16 +0000 Articles in the July 2024 edition of TDLR on the Level include:

  • Meet the New Executive Director
  • Program Updates
  • How To Find Disciplinary Actions
  • Quiz Yourself
]]> New Continuing Education Requirements Delayed https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2024/04/10/new-continuing-education-requirements-delayed/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-957 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:18:20 +0000 The one-year Water Well Driller and Pump Installer licenses will switch to a two-year license starting on March 1, 2025. Starting on March 1, 2025, licensees will be required to complete 8 hours of continuing education – including 1 hour of instruction covering the Water Well Driller/Pump Installer statutes and rules – during that two-year license term.

Licensees who currently hold a one-year license and will renew that license before February 28, 2025, must complete 4 hours of continuing education and will be issued a two-year license. The next time they renew their license, they will have to complete the 8 hours of continuing education.

Interim Executive Director Brian E. Francis signed an executive memo allowing TDLR to continue to accept the four hours of continuing education for one-year licensees instead of requiring them to complete the 8 hours.

]]> Texas Water Development Board Requests Data on Aquifer or Well Tests https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2023/08/15/texas-water-development-board-requests-data-on-aquifer-or-well-tests/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-621 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:05:00 +0000 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has contracted to develop a statewide database of aquifer/well test data. This new database will be a centralized source of information about important aquifer properties throughout the State. When completed, it will be made available to stakeholders.

If you have access to scanned documents or digitized data, listing data and information on aquifer/well tests, then please contact Dr. Vivek Bedekar, Ph.D., or the manager of the Groundwater Modeling Program for the TWDB, Mr. Daryn Hardwick by September 30, 2023.

]]> Continuing Education for Water Well Drillers and Pump Installers https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2020/08/14/continuing-education-for-water-well-drillers-and-pump-installers/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-619 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 14:00:00 +0000 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, TDLR is providing a clarification regarding the use of virtual instruction for continuing education of Water Well Driller and Pump Installer licensees.

Continuing education providers are allowed to use a virtual delivery method to provide any approved continuing education course. After TDLR approves the initial course submission, no additional approval is required to use virtual instruction.

A continuing education provider:

  • is responsible for ensuring that proper credit is reported for all participants and for verifying attendance;
  • is not required to provide any attendance reports or documents directly to TDLR other than reporting the completions using our online reporting system; and
  • has discretion to use an analytic report, roll call, face verification, attendance questions, or any other option to verify attendance.
]]> COVID-19: Continuing Education Waived https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2020/03/24/covid-19-continuing-education-waived/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-154 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 21:46:00 +0000 TDLR continuing education requirements are waived for all individual licenses expiring in March, April, and May 2020. Licensees still need to submit their renewal applications, pay the required fees, and TDLR will check their criminal histories, but they will not need to complete any TDLR-required continuing education this licensing cycle. (§51.405, Occupations Code)

Note: TDLR is not authorized to waive continuing education requirements imposed by a certifying or credentialing entity other than TDLR. If a certifying entity requires continuing education to maintain certification, and certification is required for Texas licensure, then that continuing education must be completed. If the certifying entity waives continuing education or allows it to be completed on a delayed basis due to COVID-19, then you may follow the certifying entity’s policy.

Please check the TDLR COVID-19 webpage for the most up-to-date information.

]]> Private Wells Under Flood Waters https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/news/2017/06/23/private-wells-under-flood-waters/ TDLR-WP-POST-ID-617 Fri, 23 Jun 2017 13:58:00 +0000 If you own a private water well and the well was under flood waters, you may want to have the well tested or disinfected. Download the Well Disinfection Guide (PDF)

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