Well plugging and rehabilitation can be expensive. The Grants-to-Counties (GTC) program provides money to homeowners that qualify. The program are available through the GTC program which was established in 1987 when legislature passed the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act to help prevent further contamination of one of Iowa’s most precious resources; our groundwater.

General Information

Well Plugging
Iowa Regulations for Plugging Abandoned Wells

Financial Assistance

Grants to Counties (addresses concerns about water quality and groundwater contamination)

(Programs are subject to the availability of state grant dollars.)