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WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION BY THE WELL OWNER <br />You may coratruuct this well and/or Instd the pump yourself if the wed is for your own use, is on property <br />you own, and In conshtctsd or pumping equipment is installed with equipment owned and operated by you. It b <br />ne(biltl_v to completes and submit the Wei Construction and Ted Report. Form Number GWS-31 and/or <br />me Pump irsUdaaon and Test Report, Form Number GW841 Thep forms are avallable from our offbeL The <br />well must be constructed and the pump installed hr accordance with the well construction standards of the State <br />Board of Examiners of Water Wag Construction and Pump Installation Contractors. <br />The Water Wei Construction Rules are avaiable from Division of Water Resources oboes for a be of $5.00. <br />The Rules cover the minimum requirements for well conabudkw% pump instigation, disinfection, plugging and Include <br />Rinsconstructing'your e own well or irstaging P Mnp <br />ulations equuiip?ma it is rooommen dedrthyougo regin a copy o5f these for nftencL <br />RULE 12 WELL TESTING <br />121 General - The provisions of this rule estebgsh minimum standards br the testing of water welt. Every. <br />well condmcted for tho purpose of producing ground water shell be tested to determine: <br />a. a stabillad yield for the wall; and <br />b. the production rate of the equipment installed when the well is placed into service. <br />12.2 Well Yield Test - The yield of a well shag be dd mined as a stabilized production nits where the <br />withdrawal rate and the drawdown do not change by more than 10 % during the last her of the test. The test <br />shag demonstrate that either: <br />a. the well is capable of producing the permitted pumping rats for the well; or <br />b. that the maximum yield of the well Is Ises than the permitted production rats. <br />12.3 ResponsibiiHy for Will Yldd Test - Well condruWon contractors are responsible for psrbnning the <br />wall yield test and submitting the test date to the State Engineer. If the construction contractor also Installs the <br />production equipment, the wag yield test may be combined with the production equipment test, provided that the. <br />test meets the requhements of Rule 122 The construction contractor may forgo the well yield test if he can <br />show that a licensed pump installer will perbrm the wag yield test with the permanent production equipment <br />within thirty (30) days of completion of construction of the well. K the pump installation- contractor perbrms the <br />well yield test, hrddo shag submit the test information on the Pump Installation and Test Report. <br />12.4 Production Equipment Test - The production equipment installed in web shag be tested to ensure it <br />Is functioning as designed. The test shag demonstrate the production capacity of the equipment as actually <br />installed in the wag. it Is the responsibility of .the person Installing to pumping system to ensure that the <br />production from the well complies with the conditions of the permit. <br />12.5 Responsibility for Production Equipment Test - Pump installation contractors are responeft for <br />testing this production equipment installed in a wall upon completion of their work N the well owAudion <br />contractor determ ined the well yield and submitted a report, the pump installer need not perform another well <br />ybld test. It the pump installer doss not perform a wag yid test with the production equipment, he <br />ft?ftn and T n equipment test and report the date (resulb) the State Engineer on the Pump ied Report. <br />Inste <br />Wells to be plugged and sealed must be plugged In accordance with of rive Water Well <br />Construction <br />Rules. A Wei Albandonment Report, bnn number GWS-9 must be submitted to c=P= and sealing <br />the well. This form Is available from our offioss. The general Ruts ter plugging and Iss prleted belowof <br />The specific rules are found on the revwse side of the Wei Abandonrns t form. <br />RULE 16 STANDARDS FOR PLUGGING AND SEALING WELLS AND WELL EXCAVATIONS <br />16.1 General - The sealing and abandonment of rag wells, monitoring and observation wells, <br />monitoring and ob Woon Dies and test hobs that are no longer intended br use, and the plugging, <br />and sbarrdorxrer6 of dry holes, collapsed or unusable bwdwl , and other Incomplee wets or awavadb= <br />nsosesary to prevent contamination of ground waterand t ? Hof water ? The <br />jAmete r spondMy of the wsi owner to have an borsholL It In the <br />addng writing of these <br />well construction contractor or authorized hrd AMd b respaaible for n the wag owner in writing plugging reguirormerrts.