{"id":4481,"date":"2021-09-28T16:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T23:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/?p=4481"},"modified":"2025-09-22T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:28:59","slug":"new-blog-post-34-six-months-remain-before-groundwater-application-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/2021\/09\/28\/new-blog-post-34-six-months-remain-before-groundwater-application-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post #34 &#8211; Six months remain before groundwater application deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Only six months remain for some groundwater users to apply for a water licence. <\/strong>March 1, 2022 is the deadline to apply for a water licence for those who were using groundwater from a well or dugout on or before February 29, 2016, for non-domestic purposes, such as irrigation, commercial or industrial use. A water licence is not required for a household well or groundwater used for domestic purposes, such as watering lawns and gardens. Instead, domestic groundwater users are encouraged to register their well for free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There may be significant consequences for your business if you miss the March 1, 2022 deadline to apply for an existing use groundwater licence. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Existing groundwater users who have not applied by the deadline will be unlicensed and must stop using groundwater after March 1 until a licence is obtained. They will be treated as a new user and will not receive recognition for their historical date of first use. Missing the deadline could also be costly and may include fines for unlicensed use of groundwater.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the deadline is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/releases\/2021FLNRO0081-001839\">new Information Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply online:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.nrs.gov.bc.ca\/web\/client\/-\/secure-your-water-rights-today\">groundwater.gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Please visit the links below to learn more about applying for a licence:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/environment\/air-land-water\/water\/gwlicensingqas-2020.pdf\">Questions and Answers: Groundwater Licensing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/environment\/air-land-water\/water\/gwlicensingqas-appendix.pdf\">Questions and Answers: Livestock Watering and Dugouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zoYMs5OZMHc&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Video: How to apply (irrigation example)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/environment\/air-land-water\/water\/groundwater-wells-aquifers\/groundwater-wells\/well-records-registration\">Registering a domestic well<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only six months remain for some groundwater users to apply for a water licence. March 1, 2022 is the deadline to apply for a water licence for those who were using groundwater from a well or dugout on or before February 29, 2016, for non-domestic purposes, such as irrigation, commercial or industrial use. A water &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/2021\/09\/28\/new-blog-post-34-six-months-remain-before-groundwater-application-deadline\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4501,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4481\/revisions\/4501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/watersustainabilityact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}