AbstractIt is the State's responsibility to see that its ground‐water resources are developed with as little “red tape” as possible.The well driller's responsibility is to his customers.Both State ground‐water agencies and water well drillers can carry out their responsibilities best by working together. Such cooperation can eliminate unnecessary drilling regulations and result in better wells through exchange of information.In many instances, overdevelopment or contamination of an aquifer could have been avoided if drillers and States had worked together, rather than in opposite dir