The Glenn County Planning and Community Development Services Agency is known as the “one stop shop” Permit Center, comprised of the Building, Code Enforcement, Environmental Health, GIS, Planning, Public Transit\ Transportation Administration, and Water Resources departments.

The Environmental Health department is responsible for conducting inspections and issuing permits relating to Food Safety, Water Quality, Recreational Health (such as public pools), Septic Wastewater Systems, Body Art Professional Services, Housing and Code Enforcement and Fire Debris Removal.

The following information is strictly related to water well permitting and water well incident reports.

A collaborative effort between several County departments on tracking well issues takes place through the Well Incident Reporting Tool. This tool combines the Abnormal Groundwater Level Report and Domestic Dry Well Call Sheets used in prior years which allows individuals to report a variety of issues related to their water supply. While reporting has been available for approximately twenty years, it becomes most useful when Glenn County is experiencing drought conditions. The Well Incident Reporting tool may be accessed by clicking on the well photograph below.

A domestic well is a well primarily used for potable, non-public water supply purposes. Glenn County identifies wells with casings 8 inches or smaller in diameter as domestic wells.