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WELL CONSTRUCTION AND PUMP INSTALLATION BY THE WELL OWNER <br />You may construct the well and/or install the pump yourself it the well Is for your own use, Is on property <br />you awn, and is constructed or pumping equipment Is installed with equipment owned and operated by you. It is <br />to complete and submit the Wei Construction and Test Report. Form Number GWS-31 and/or <br />the Pump Installation and Test Report, Form Number GWS-32. These forms are available from our offkss. The <br />well must be constructed and the standards of the State <br />Water Wei C pump Installed in accordw we with the wd construction <br />cdon and Pwnp Installation CContrectors. <br />Board of Examiners of <br />The Water Wall Construction Rules are available from Division of Water Resources offices for a The of $5.00. <br />The Rules cover the minimum requirements for well conshucft% pump installation, disinfection plugging and <br />sealing and include contractor licensing regulations. If you are construc link your own well or metalling pumping <br />equipment it is recommended that you obtain a copy of these Rubs for reference. <br />RULE 12 WELL TESTING <br />12.1 General - The provisions of this rule establish minimum standards for the testing of water wets. Every. <br />well conducted for the purpose of producing ground water shall be tested to determine: <br />a. a stabilized yield for the well; and <br />b. the production rats of the equipment installed when the well is placed into service. <br />122 Well Yield Test - The yield of a well shall be determined as a stabilized production rate where the <br />withdrawal rate and the drawdown do not change by more than 10 % during the last hour of the test. The test <br />shall demonstrate that either: <br />a. the well Is capable of producing the permitted pumping rate for the well; or <br />b. that the maximum yield of the well Is less than the permitted production rate. <br />12.3 Responsibility for Wig Yield Test - Wei construction contractors are responsible for performing the <br />well yield test and submitting the test data to the State Engineer. If the construction contractor also installs the <br />production equipment the well yield test may be combined with the production equipment test provided that the <br />test meets the requirernente of Rule 122 The construction contractor may forgo the well yield test if he can <br />show that a licensed pump installer will perform the well yield test with the permanent production equipment <br />within thirty (30) days of completion of construction of the well. If the pump Installation- contractor performs the <br />well yield test he/she shall submit the test Information on the Pump Installation and Test Report. <br />12.4 Production Equipment Test - The production equipment installed in weir shall be tested to ensure it <br />is functioning as designed. The test shall demonstrate the production capacity of the equipment as actually <br />Installed in the well. It is the meponsibiity of the person Installing the pumping system to ensure that the <br />production from the well complies with the conditions of the permit. <br />125 Responsibility for Production Equipment Test - Pump installation contractors are responsible for <br />testing the production equipment installed In a well upon completion of their work If the well construction <br />contactor determined the well yield and submitted a report the pump installer need not perform another well <br />yield test. H the pump installer does not perform a Wei yield teat with the permanent production equipment, he <br />shall perform a n equipment test and report the data (results) to the State Engkoer on the Pump <br />installation and Test Report. <br />Wells to be phrpgsd and sealed must be plugged In accordance with of the Water Wall Construction <br />Rules. A Well Abandonment Report form number GWS-9 must be submitted to confirm plugging and sealing of <br />reverse side of the R plugging Abandorxnerrt Rport form. and sealing wells is printed below. <br />TThhespecific rules are found on the our oftes. The general <br />RULE 16 STANDARDS FOR PLUGGING AND SEALING WELLS AND WELL EXCAVATIONS <br />16.1 General - The plugging, seeding and abandonment of all wells, monitoring and observation wens, <br />monitoring and observation holes and test hobs that are no longer intended for use. and the plugging, seeing, <br />and abandonment of dry holes, collapsed or unusable borsholes, and other Incomplete wells or excavations is <br />necessary to prevent contamination of ground wader and the migration of water through the borehole. It In the <br />ultimate respormsibd>jty of time wall owner to have an existing well properly sealed and abandoned. The <br />well construction contractor or authorized individual Is responsible far ? well owner in writing of these <br />plugging requirements.