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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".25" citation="COMAR 26.04.04.25" title_num="26" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="04" heading="Maintenance and Repair.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>All material used in the maintenance, replacement, or repair of any well shall meet the requirements for new installation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Broken, punctured, or otherwise defective or unserviceable casing, screens, fixtures, seals, or any part of the wellhead shall be repaired and replaced, or the well shall be properly abandoned and sealed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Any work performed on a water supply well with a well cap not meeting the standards of this chapter, shall also include the installation of a well cap meeting the standards of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Extension of the well casing for an above-grade terminal shall be completed in the following manner:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Install a pitless unit;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If plastic casing is existing, then solvent weld additional plastic casing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If metal casing is existing, then thread or weld additional metal casing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A mechanical compression coupling; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Install a pipe coupling that is approved by the Approving Authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>