Water Management Plans

Overview

Effective August 29, 2011, West Virginia Code of State Rules § 35-8 mandates that all horizontal well permit applications submitted to the Office of Oil and Gas include a Water Management Plan if more than two hundred ten thousand (210,000) gallons of water will be used in conjunction with drilling, fracturing, or stimulating that well. Water Management Plan/Water Addendum application forms and instructions are now available below.

Additional Tools

• WVDEP Water Withdrawal Guidance Tool

  The WV DEP Water Guidance Tool

Water Management Plans for Horizontal Drilling Permits

• Water Management Plan Application

  Updated: 5/15/2014

• Water Management Plan Introduction Memo
• Water Management Plan Instructions

  Updated: 5/15/2014

Water Management Plans for Centralized Impoundments or Pits

• Water Management Plan Application for Centralized Impoundments

  This application is to be used when applying for a Centralized Impoundment or Pit Certificate of Approval. Updated: 5/15/2014

Entrainment and Impingement Prevention, Best Management Practice

• Entrainment and Impingement Prevention BMP

  Updated: 8/18/2015