The North Carolina Ground Water Association was established in 1946. It is the only organization that specifically represents the professional and business interests of the North Carolina water well contractor and pump installer while, at the same time, supporting scientific and educational measures designed to preserve the natural resources upon which the industry is based. Today, the ground water industry is facing a number of challenges—challenges that reflect growing concern for the ground water quantity, challenges that are generated from a rapidly changing technology, and challenges stemming from public misconceptions regarding the quality and safety of ground water. The Association addresses these challenges by providing services designed to accomplish the following purposes:

• to assist, promote and encourage and support the interests and welfare of the ground water industry in all of its phases within the State of North Carolina;
• to foster, aid and promote scientific education, standardization, research and development in order to improve methods of well construction and to advance the science of ground water hydrology;
• to promote harmony and cooperation between the ground water industry and governmental and scientific agencies relative to the proper development, utilization and protection of underground water supplies;
• to encourage cooperation of all interested groups relative to the improvement of drilling and pumping equipment;
• to collect, analyze and disseminate to the public, facts about the utilization and protection of ground water and about the role of the ground water industry in the economy of the State of North Carolina and the Nation; and,
• to advance generally the mutual interest of all those engaged in the ground water industry.