For a private-well abandonment in Pasco County, use the Southwest Florida Water Management District’s well-permitting route. Pasco is not among the three counties the District lists as issuing well permits locally. Before authorizing the work, identify the contractor, the particular well and the issued permit—not just an application number. District well-permit program
Brooksville handles the region; Tampa evaluates permits
The District’s contact page puts Pasco in the Brooksville field-service region, while saying that permit evaluation occurs in the Tampa Service Office and applications can be submitted to any District Service Office. These descriptions concern different functions; they do not mean the owner must choose between competing regulators.
For well-construction permitting questions, the District lists 813-694-2472. For technical ePermitting help, it lists 352-754-3456, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Start with the permitting question if you need to establish the work’s requirements rather than solve a login problem. Current staff routing
DEP states that anyone engaged in the business of constructing, repairing or abandoning water wells must hold a Florida water-well contractor license. Ask for the contractor’s name and license number and use the District program’s contractor-verification links. This guide does not establish an owner exemption or verify a particular contractor. DEP licensing boundary
Three forms describe different parts of the job
The District currently links these three documents. Their older revision dates alone do not make them obsolete: the important distinction is whether the responsible agency still supplies them for the applicable work.
| Posted document | Identifying fields to compare | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| Permit application, LEG-R.040.01 (6/10) | Owner, well location, parcel, contractor/license, Abandonment work type, reason and proposed method | The requested work; the form also has official approval, issue and expiration fields |
| Well Completion Report, LEG-R.005.02 (6/10) | Permit number, Florida Unique ID, completion date, location, work type and contractor signature | The contractor’s reported completed work, not merely permission to perform it |
| Well Grouting/Abandonment Form, LEG-R.041.00 (4/09) | Permit number, well location, contractor, well specifications, actual materials, signatures and satisfactory-work answer | The abandonment/grouting record and its stated authorization requirements |
Sources: application, completion report, and grouting/abandonment form. Compare these identifiers across the completed documents. An address alone may not distinguish multiple wells on one property.
The application says it is not valid until signed by an authorized agency representative and must be available at the site during the permitted activity. It states 90-day validity from issuance. Its contractor certification calls for the completion report within 30 days after completion or permit expiration, whichever occurs first. Those statements are from the posted form, not an independent determination of your permit’s dates or extensions; ask the District to confirm the issued conditions. Application terms
The grouting form separately says it is not official without the signature of a District supervisor or designated representative. Ask the contractor how you will obtain the completed record and any required agency disposition. A blank form, invoice or photograph of restored ground does not answer that question. Signature boundary
Questions to settle before the contractor leaves
- Which permit and well identifier will appear on the completion and grouting records?
- Who submits each record, by what deadline, and how will the owner receive a copy?
- Does the District require a further response or correction before it considers the file complete?
- Does abandoning this well require action on a separate water-use permit associated with the property?
The last question is not answered simply by obtaining a well-construction permit. The District distinguishes water-use permitting from well-construction permitting. Ask it to identify any applicable separate record; this guide cannot determine water-use obligations from a homeowner’s description. District permit guidance
If the public search is unavailable
Use the search link on the District’s well-permit page. The page publishes limited availability for ePermitting and its map: 6 a.m.–10 p.m. during the week and 8 a.m.–10 p.m. on weekends. LSL’s September 21 search-page capture encountered a network error, so this revision does not describe current search fields or claim to have retrieved a permit.
If you cannot retrieve the record, ask permitting staff for the permit, completion report and abandonment record using the identifiers already collected. A failed connection or missing result is not proof of unpermitted work, and a database entry is not an inspection of the buried well.
Document review, not an abandonment specification
LSL read the DEP program and rules/forms index, District program/contact pages and all six pages of the three forms on September 21, 2026. We compared document purpose, identifiers, timing language and signatures. We did not inspect a well, apply the current rules to a parcel or verify field compliance. The grouting form includes professional procedures and material tables; they are deliberately not reproduced here as homeowner instructions.