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    Complaint

    129115
    DWS
    10/13/2023
    Email
    Wells
    Well constructed utilizing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) casing in consolidated bedrock.
    22-FEB-2024 06:20PM

    Location based on SITE_ID

    Site ID
    178166
    Site
    Residence with a private well, Driller Tag # D0121225
    Location
    8 E. Richardson, Leoma, TN
    City
    Leoma
    Description
    Have to use this TN site because office of Hand Service Company is out of state, in Alabama. Generic site used for Water Well Driller and Installer license violations that have no single associated location. (e.g. NOI fees, late reports, etc.)
    County
    Lawrence
    EFO Name
    Columbia
    Site Owner
    -

    Investigation Results

    Compliance Review Meeting
    10/13/2023
    Thomas B. Hand, Lic. #922 Hand Service Company
    2/13/2024

    Complaint Description and Writeup

    10/13/2023 - RAB - Review driller report with Driller Tag # D0121225. Noted that report indicated that driller had utilized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) casing in consolidated bedrock.

    11/17/2023 - RAB - CRM Meeting held 11/6/2023. Driller states that he has started only using steel casing instead of PVC.

    Concerning Well ID # 20212211, Driller Tag # D0121225, located at 185 Copperas Branch Rd, Leoma, TN. As discussed, the driller will:

    • Send the well owner a certified advisement letter (cc: to DWR, Water Wells) making them aware that the well was not completed according to the rules for well completion and ask if they are having any trouble with the well.
    • If they say that they are not having any trouble with the well, please ask them to give you a written statement that you can send to us to include with the file.
    • If they are having problems with the well, you will arrange a time to go to the site so that you can determine the problem with the well.

    11/27/2023 - RAB - Hand emailed RAB about contact with well owner. Original well owner no longer owner, and didn't know name of current owner.
    11/28/2023 - RAB - RAB emailed Hand to give owner name found on TN Property Viewer website.
    12/6/2023 - RAB - Hand mailed copy of Advisement letter they sent to the owners of the well.