Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Rule 3.4 - Public Water System Wells
Section 3.4-25 - Postconstruction testing and reporting requirements

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 3.4-25

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-18-2; IC 13-18-16-2

Sec. 25.

(a) The following information must be submitted to the commissioner before a new or modified production well is placed into production:

(1) Results of a production well performance test (PWPT) that was performed for a period of at least twenty-four (24) hours for a community public water system and a nontransient noncommunity public water system serving more than two hundred fifty (250) individuals. The PWPT information submitted to the commissioner shall include the following:
(A) Pumping rate of test (at least one (1) times the maximum daily pumping rate).

(B) Static water level (stable before pumping).

(C) Water level at:
(i) start up and at interim readings; and

(ii) the end of the PWPT.

(D) Specific capacity at the end of the PWPT.

(2) Every well shall be tested for specific capacity of the well. The well shall be test pumped at a capacity at least equal to the pumping rate desired from the well during normal usage.

(3) A copy of the Indiana department of natural resources' record of water well completed in accordance with the requirements of 312 IAC 13-2-6.

(4) The results of:
(A) water quality samples obtained during test pumping; and

(B) disinfection confirmation samples obtained during disinfection.

(5) Completed copies of the chemical analytical reports of sampling done and analyzed by a laboratory certified by the Indiana department of health or the United States Environmental Protection Agency using methods set forth in 327 IAC 8-2-4.2 for the following constituents:
(A) Nitrate (NO3).

(B) Fluoride.

(b) The commissioner may modify or revoke a construction permit based on the information submitted under subsection (a) in accordance with IC 13-18-16-2.

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