Volunteers Needed to Update Water Well Construction Standard
Drilling Contractor Insight Needed
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is looking for volunteers to help review and update the ANSI/NGWA-01-14 Water Well Construction Standard, last approved in 2014. The process is initiated according to the American National Standards Institute's requirement that all standards be routinely revised, reaffirmed or withdrawn to ensure content remains relevant.
The Water Well Construction Standard is a performance standard encompassing municipal, residential, agricultural, monitoring and industrial water production wells. Sections include well site selection; casing and casing installation; screens, filter pack and formation stabilizer; grouting; plumbness and alignment; well development; testing for performance; data recording; disinfection with chlorine; water sampling and analysis; and permanent well and test-hole decommissioning.