Wyoming's Wellhead Protection (WHP) Program

Guidance Document

WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Dennis Hemmer, Director

WATER QUALITY DIVISION
Gary Beach, Administrator

(Version 3.0, November, 1997)

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Early Wellhead Protection

"There shall be no man or woman dare to wash any unclean linen, wash clothes...nor rinse or make clean any kettle, pot, or pan, or any suchlike vessel within twenty feet of the old well or new pump. Nor shall anyone aforesaid, within less than a quarter mile of the forte, dare to do the necessities of nature, since by these unmanly, slothful, and loathsome immodesties, the whole forte may be choked and poisoned."
Governor Gates of Virginia
Proclamation for Jamestown, Virginia
1610