(1) In addition to the licensing of well construction contractors and pump installation contractors as required by this article, no well shall be located, constructed, repaired, or abandoned and no pumping equipment shall be installed or repaired contrary to the provisions of this article and applicable rules of the board promulgated to effectuate the purposes of this article. The board may by order require any licensee, private driller, or private pump installer to remedy any such noncompliant installation, construction, or repair and may, pursuant to rules and after due notice and a hearing, impose penalties for such noncompliance. The provisions of this article shall apply to any well or any pumping equipment not otherwise subject to regulation under the laws of this state and to any distribution, observation, monitoring, or dewatering of water therefrom; but this article shall not apply to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from the pressure tank or to any distribution of water beyond the point of discharge from the pumping equipment if no pressure tank or an overhead pressure tank is employed.
(2) Only a licensed pump installation contractor may install a cistern or other water storage tank between the wellhead and the pressure tank or downstream of the wellhead if no pressure tank is utilized.
Source: L. 67: p. 696, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-20-9. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 1187, § 12, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1680, § 10, effective May 14.