<div dir="ltr">See generally <a href="https://www.mass.gov/doc/guidelines-for-ground-source-heat-pump-wells/download">https://www.mass.gov/doc/guidelines-for-ground-source-heat-pump-wells/download</a><div><br></div><div>Different impacts from open loop versus closed loop.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Dwight</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dwight Merriam,FAICP</div><div><a href="http://www.dwightmerriam.com">www.dwightmerriam.com</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 10:54 AM Sarah Raposa via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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: </div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><ul><li>How do other towns permit geothermal wells in general?</li><li>How do you permit such wells under your aquifer/groundwater protection zoning? </li></ul></div></blockquote>Thanks,<br><div>Sarah</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(32,18,77);font-family:"times new roman",serif">Sarah Raposa, AICP</span><br></div><font size="2" color="#20124d" face="times new roman, serif" style="font-size:small">Town Planner<br>459 Main Street<br>Medfield, MA 02052<br>(508) 906-3027<br><a href="mailto:sraposa@medfield.net" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">sraposa@medfield.net</a> </font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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