The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is seeking comments on the proposed NGWA-01-2X: Water Well Construction Standard, which was last revised in 2017. This process is being initiated according to the American National Standards Institute’s requirement that all standards be routinely revised, reaffirmed, or withdrawn to ensure content remains relevant. Public review period is now open through November 1, 2021.
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
- Plumbness and alignment
- Well development
- Testing for performance
- Data recording
- Disinfection with chlorine
- Water sampling and analysis
- Permanent well and test-hole decommissioning
The standard review process is crucial to ensure an open, unbiased document that has been available to any interested parties for comment and review. For more information, contact Mark Jones at [email protected] or 614-898-7791, ext. 1514.
