New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter - APPENDICES
Appendix 5-D
Table 2 - Yield Test and GWUDI[1] Determination Requirements for Wells Serving Public Water Systems

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

Well Geologic

Type of Public Water System (See Subpart 5-12

Formation

CWS, NTNCWS

TNCWS

And Casing Depth

Duration (hrs)3

GWUDI Testing

Duration (hrs)

GWUDI Testing

For Wells Located 200 feet or less from Surface Water

All Geology and Casing Depths

72

Yes

Per 5-B.4 if allowed by LHD4

Yes

For Wells Located greater than 200 feet from Surface Water

Sand and gravel; <=50 feet casing

24

Yes

Per 5-B.4(b) if allowed by LHD4

Yes

Sand and gravel; >50 feet casing

24

No

Per 5-B.4(b) if allowed by LHD4

No

Non-Carbonate Rock; <=50 feet casing

72

Yes

Per 5-B.4(b) if allowed by LHD4

Yes

Non-Carbonate Rock; >50 feet casing

72

No

Per 5-B.4(b) if allowed by LHD4

No

Carbonate Rock; All Casing Depths5

72

Yes

Per 5-B.4(b) if allowed by LHD4

Yes

1 GWUDI means ground water source directly influenced by surface water source. Where well water sources may be potentially influenced by surface water, appropriate water quality testing shall be done in accordance with Department guidance to determine if the well water source is directly influenced by surface water.

2 CWS means community water system as defined in 10 NYCRR Subpart 5-1. NTNCWS means nontransient noncommunity water system as defined in 10 NYCRR Subpart 5-1. TNCWS means a public water system that is neither a CWS nor a NTNCWS.

3 Specified duration is the minimum required pumping period and must include a minimum of six hours of stabilized drawdown at the end of the test except as allowed under subdivision 5-D.4(d) of this Appendix.

4 LHD means local health department as defined in Appendix 5-B.

5 For wells located in areas that have the potential to draw water from carbonate aquifers, the local health department may determine based upon a hydrogeologic assessment, records of well logs, and/or other local geologic data that the aquifer is unlikely to show a surface water influence associated with karst topography. Where such determination is made, GWUDI testing need not be done.

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