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As a first step in carrying out provisions of the amended law, the State Water Resources Control Board contracted with DWR to: (1) Review and update water well standards in Bulletin 74-81; (2) Establish minimum standards for monitoring wells; and, (3) Update and replace cathodic protection well standards in Bulletin 74-1. This Bulletin is a supplement to Bulletin 74-81. It was developed to satisfy the Department's contract with SWRCB, to respond to Department responsibilities under the Water Code, and to keep pace with technical advances during the ten-year period following publication of Bulletin 74-81. An initial draft of this supplement was published in three sections and was sent to interested organizations and individuals for comment during the Pall of 1988. The Department held public hearings in Los Angeles, November 15, 1988 and in Oakland, November 17, 1988 to discuss the draft supplemental standards and receive public comment. Several sets of written comments for the draft supplemental standards were received by DWR. Written and verbal comments on the standards were reviewed and appropriate changes were incorporated into Final Draft Bulletin 74-90, California Well Standards; Water Wells, Monitoring Wells, Cathodic Protection Wells; Supplement to Bulletin 74-81, January 1990. Final Draft Bulletin 74-90 was published in November 1989 and was sent to interested organizations and individuals for comment. Comments were reviewed and appropriate changes were incorporated into this final bulletin. Additional discussion on the history of DWR well standards is contained in Bulletin 74-81. Relationship of DWR Well Standards Publications DWR Bulletins 74-81 and 74-1 provided the Department's standards for water wells and cathodic protection wells just prior to this supplement. DWR standards for monitoring wells were generally the same as for water wells prior to this supplement and were included in Bulletin 74-81. The relationship of the various DWR well standards bulletins is illustrated in Figure 1. Revised standards for water wells in this supplement replace only portions of the water well standards contained in Bulletin 74-81. This supplement is to be used together with Bulletin 74-81 for a complete description of DWR Water Well Standards. Monitoring well standards are presented separately in this supplement and are in parallel form to the water well standards. Because many physical similarities exist between water wells and monitoring wells, the water well standards are referred to frequently in the monitoring well standards. Water well and monitoring well standards must be considered together for the construction, alteration, maintenance, and destruction of monitoring wells. Cathodic protection well standards in this supplement replace those in Bulletin 74-1. Because of similarities between cathodic protection wells and water wells, water wells standards are referred to frequently in the cathodic protection well standards. Cathodic protection well standards and water well standards must be considered together for the construction, alteration, maintenance, and destruction of cathodic protection wells. -4-