Licensed Well Drillers are responsible for constructing drilled wells for domestic (private wells), non-domestic water supplies and other boreholes including geothermal applications. A general breakdown of well or borehole types are listed below.

• Domestic drilled wells (private wells)
• Non-domestic drilled wells including:
  • Public water supply wells for Municipalities and Local Service Districts:
  • Potable water supply wells for clinics, schools, churches, government buildings, etc.:
  • Closed loop geothermal installation;
  • Dewatering wells;
  • Saltwater production wells;
  • Sentry wells;
  • Observation wells;
  • Monitoring wells; and
  • Other types as determined by the Minister.

The following table shows all known drilled wells and boreholes constructed from 2012-2022. The data is derived from submitted Well Construction Records from Licensed Well Drillers. The headers represent basic groupings that are described as:

Domestic              all water wells constructed for single family dwellings (private wells)
Municipal              all water wells constructed for Towns and Local Service Districts
Non-Domestic      includes all other non-domestic wells (clinics, schools, commercial buildings, churches, parks, geothermal etc.) not listed under Municipal Wells

	Calendar Year
Well Type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
Domestic Wells	597	627	604	475	375	359	337	291	267	363	285	4580
Non-Domestic Wells	72	135	189	79	56	81	78	15	460	157	56	1378
Municipal Wells	7	9	8	8	2	6	7	7	2	1	1	58
Total	676	771	801	562	433	446	422	313	729	521	342	6016