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Article: Developing our well: something that we should have done before we test-pumped it.("Let Me Tell Ya")
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- National Driller
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- July 1, 2009
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In my last column, I described some methods to test-pump the fictional well I had been drilling for several months. As I said then, we really should have developed the well first and then done the test-pumping, so the procedure that I am writing about is somewhat backwards. In larger-capacity wells--irrigation, commercial, municipal and industrial--development may be a requirement, and a charge for that would be included in the bid price. In many domestic wells, however, the finished well merely is test-pumped, and while this may yield a satisfactory product, a properly developed well will be better both for the drilling contractor and the well owner.
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