[Massplanners] Geothermal Wells & Zoning

[Dwight Merriam]

See generally
https://www.mass.gov/doc/guidelines-for-ground-source-heat-pump-wells/download

Different impacts from open loop versus closed loop.

Regards,
Dwight


Dwight Merriam,FAICP
www.dwightmerriam.com

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:54 AM Sarah Raposa via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Hi all - I was just chatting with the BoH admin about our first ZBA
> application for a geothermal well at a property in our aquifer protection
> district . She mentioned that a local well driller has over 200
> applications in Medfield for geothermal wells. Evidently there are huge
> incentives for them. We sent the application to our peer reviewer for
> technical review but with so many to be installed, it got me wondering:
>
>
>    - How do other towns permit geothermal wells in general?
>    - How do you permit such wells under your aquifer/groundwater
>    protection zoning?
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
>
>
>
> Sarah Raposa, AICP
> Town Planner
> 459 Main Street
> Medfield, MA  02052
> (508) 906-3027
> sraposa at medfield.net
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