Alameda County, CA · Alameda County
Drilling Permit Application
Alameda County property owners and their consultants use this application to request permits for well, remediation, vapor-monitoring, or borehole drilling work.
At a glance
- Issued by
- City of Alameda County · Alameda County, Alameda County, California
- Notarization
- Not required: file this form without a notary.
- Official source
- Original source unavailable. Use the archived PDF.
- Blank form
- Download the PDF
- Catalogued
- Machine-readable
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What this form is
Use this application to request county permits for well construction or destruction, remediation wells, vapor-monitoring wells, and boreholes. It asks for project and contact details, work categories, drilling methods, driller information, and well or borehole specifications. The application instructs applicants to attach a site map showing street names, a north arrow, and labeled wells and boreholes; well destruction applications should also include documents.
Who needs it
Property owners, geotechnical consultants, and other applicants planning the listed well or borehole work use this application.
How to submit it
The form lists the Water Resources Section, Attn: James Yoo, at 399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544-1307. It also provides [email protected] and a fax number, (510) 782-1939.
About notarization
This application is signed without a notary; it requests the applicant’s signature and a site map, and does not state that any attachment must be sworn or notarized.
How to submit this form
- 1
Download the Application
Download the Drilling Permit Application PDF.
- 2
Complete the Application
Enter the project, owner, applicant, client, work type, drilling method, driller, and well or borehole details.
- 3
Gather Attachments
Attach the required site map; include documents for well destruction applications.
- 4
Submit to the County
Use the Water Resources Section contact details listed on the form.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need a notary for the Drilling Permit Application?
- No. The application requests the applicant’s signature, not notarization. It also calls for a site map and, for well destruction, documents, but does not say these must be sworn or notarized.
- How do I submit the Drilling Permit Application?
- The form lists the Water Resources Section, Attn: James Yoo, at 399 Elmhurst Street, Hayward, CA 94544-1307. It also provides an email address and fax number.
- What should I attach to the application?
- Attach a site map showing street names, a north arrow, and labeled wells and boreholes. For well destruction, the form also says to include documents.
- What information does the application request?
- It asks for project and contact information, work categories, drilling methods, driller names and license numbers, and well or borehole specifications.