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Getting licensed in Texas water well drilling & pump installation
How to qualify, what’s on each exam, and the rules you’ll be tested on, written by a Texas-licensed driller and pump installer. Every figure names its source.
How to Plug an Abandoned Water Well in Texas
Texas landowners must plug or cap an abandoned or deteriorated water well within 180 days. Who's responsible, how plugging is done under 16 TAC §76.104, and the 30-day plugging report.
October 5, 2026 · Read →
Texas Well Driller & Pump Installer Continuing Education Requirements
Texas water well drillers and pump installers need 8 hours of CE per renewal: 7 industry hours plus 1 hour of law and rules. Deadlines, apprentice rules, approved providers and renewal fees.
October 5, 2026 · Read →
How to Get a Texas Water Well Driller License (Step by Step)
The path to a Texas water well driller license: two years of supervised experience, the TDLR application, the General Well Driller exam, and the Water Well endorsement exam. Fees and requirements from TDLR.
September 19, 2026 · Read →
How to Get a Texas Pump Installer License (Step by Step)
What it takes to become a licensed water well pump installer in Texas: supervised experience, the application and fees, the General Pump Installer exam, and endorsement exams like Single-Phase Pumps.
September 19, 2026 · Read →
What's on the Texas Well Driller and Pump Installer Exams
Question counts, time limits, and the content-area breakdown for all four Texas TDLR exams: General Well Driller, Water Well Driller, General Pump Installer, and Single-Phase Pump Installer.
September 19, 2026 · Read →
Texas Water Well Rules Every Driller Should Know
Setback distances, well caps, well report and plugging deadlines, and injurious water: the Texas water well rules that come up on the job and on the exam, with the rule number for each.
October 5, 2026 · Read →
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