Changing the Owner Name/Contact Info on Your Well Permit
By Colorado statute (Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 37-90-143), any owner of a valid well permit, including all MML residents with a well, are required to file an update with the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) regarding any change of owner name and/or contact information. There is no filing fee for updating this information, and we urge all MML well owners to verify the contact information on file with the DWR for their wells and update that information if it is out of date.
In the past the DWR allowed you to update well information by submitting a written form (GWS-11) via mail or sending a PDF online. However, processing of GWS-11 forms ended on September 30, 2022. The current procedure requires you instead to create an account with DWR and to submit an online e-form. For instructions on getting an online DWR account for this purpose, see this February 2024 guide from DWR.
For the online form, you will need to know the permit number of your well. The DWR online GIS tool provides an easy way to find your permit number. A screen dump is shown below. Once you launch that website, be sure to check the "Well Application" box in the left hand column, and zoom into Lake County and then into MML. The numbers shown by the green dots are the permit numbers; click on the green dot to bring up a dialog box which will show the registered owner name, plus allow you to access all of the submitted paperwork related to that well. Once you have the permit number, go to the change of owner page to access the DWR form.
Note that many of the MML well permits have inaccurate coordinates and so the green dot for your well might be somewhat displaced from the actual location. Prior to GPS, well locations were generally estimated from PLSS maps. Should you wish to update the location of your well in the DWR database, you can file form GWS-42, "Application For Well Location Amendment."
In the past the DWR allowed you to update well information by submitting a written form (GWS-11) via mail or sending a PDF online. However, processing of GWS-11 forms ended on September 30, 2022. The current procedure requires you instead to create an account with DWR and to submit an online e-form. For instructions on getting an online DWR account for this purpose, see this February 2024 guide from DWR.
For the online form, you will need to know the permit number of your well. The DWR online GIS tool provides an easy way to find your permit number. A screen dump is shown below. Once you launch that website, be sure to check the "Well Application" box in the left hand column, and zoom into Lake County and then into MML. The numbers shown by the green dots are the permit numbers; click on the green dot to bring up a dialog box which will show the registered owner name, plus allow you to access all of the submitted paperwork related to that well. Once you have the permit number, go to the change of owner page to access the DWR form.
Note that many of the MML well permits have inaccurate coordinates and so the green dot for your well might be somewhat displaced from the actual location. Prior to GPS, well locations were generally estimated from PLSS maps. Should you wish to update the location of your well in the DWR database, you can file form GWS-42, "Application For Well Location Amendment."
