sixgun95 Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 How would you explain the difference between a 20 min well flow test and a 60 minute well flow test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 40 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 About 40 minutes. [] Ha! I slay me! (Sorry, couldn't resist.) M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Mike Are you going to delete my response because I beat you to it? Just 54 seconds difference! Sorry, sixgun, can't offer any real help on this one. Definitely not my expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 How would you explain the difference between a 20 min well flow test and a 60 minute well flow test?I don't do well testing, but I've seen lots of well guys do them concurrently with my inspections. I can't recall anyone ever doing a flow test in 20 minutes; that amount of time can't tell you much. Most of the tests I've seen last about 3 hours. It isn't unusual for a well to do fine for the first two hours then crap out in the third. - Jim Katen, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Like Jim, most of the testing I have seen has been by well contractors doing the test while I'm doing the inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinger2k Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Happened to catch this....both are probably useless unless you have a shallow well column and reasonably low replinishment (less than the well pump rate). Well yield is time-intensive and unless you are fairly gifted mathematically & know stuff about head pressure, its not worth the hassle. Most master plumbers or well drillers will test for yield rates for 3 hrs, recording at 15 min intervals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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