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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 if the well is for your own use, is on property <br />you own, and is constructed or pumping equipment is installed with equipment owned and operated by you. It is <br />your responsibility to complete and submit the Well 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 offices. The <br />well must be constructed and the pump installed in accordance with the well construction standards of the State <br />Board of Examiners of Water Well Construction and Pump Installation Contractors. <br />The Water Well Construction. Rules' are available from Division of Water Resources offices for a fee of $5.00. <br />The Rules cover the minimum requirements for well construction, pump installation, disinfection, plugging and <br />sealing and include contractor licensing ,regulations. If you are constructing your own well or installing pumping <br />equipment, it is recommended that you obtain a copy of these Rules for reference. <br />RULE 12 WELL TESTING <br />12.1 General - The provisions of this rule establish minimum standards for the testing of water wells. Every <br />well constructed 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 rate of the equipment installed when the well is placed into service. <br />12.2 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 Well Yield Test - Well 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 requirements of Rule 12.2. 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 wells 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 responsibility of the person installing the pumping system` to ensure that the <br />production from the well complies with the conditions of the permit. <br />12. 5 esponsibility fo®roc� ion quipment Tent­- Pump installation contractors are responsible of r <br />testing the production equipment installed in a well upon completion of their work. If the well construction <br />contractor determined the well yield and submitted a report, the pump installer need not perform another well <br />yield test. If the pump installer does not perform a well yield test with the permanent production equipment, he <br />shall perform a production equipment test and report the data (results) to the State Engineer on the Pump <br />Installation and Test.Report. <br />Wells to be plugged and sealed must be plugged in accordance with of the'Water Well Construction <br />Rules. A Well Abandonment Report, form number GWS -9 must be submitted to confirm plugging and sealing of <br />the well. This form is available from our offices. The general Rule for plugging and sealing wells is printed below. <br />The specific rules are found on the reverse side of the Well Abandonment Report form. <br />RULE 16 STANDARDS FOR PLUGGING AND SEALING WELLS AND WELL EXCAVATIONS <br />16.1 General - The plugging, sealing and abandonment of all wells, monitoring and observation wells, <br />monitoring and observation holes and test holes that are no longer intended for use, and the plugging, sealing, <br />and abandonment of dry holes, collapsed or unusable boreholes, and other incomplete wells or excavations is <br />necessary'to- prevent contamination of ground water and the migration'of water through the borehole: It is the <br />ultimate responsibility of the well, owner to have an existing well properly plugged; sealed and abandoned. The <br />well construction- contractor or authodzed.individuall.is responsible, for notifying the well owner in writing of these <br />plugging requirements. „ - <br />