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NGWA is developing a series of industry best practices. Please bookmark this page and check back for others as they become available. (Board-approval date noted in parentheses.)
 
  • Managing a Flowing Water Well (2-20-2010; references updated 9-16-2010)
  • Reduce and Mitigate Problematic Concentrations of Stray Gases in Water Well Systems (6-8-2010)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Arsenic in Residential Well Systems (1-13-2009; references updated 7-26-2010)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Boron in Residential Well Systems (12-10-2009)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Fluoride in Residential Well Systems (12-10-2009)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Iron and Manganese in Residential Well Systems (7-22-2010; revised 11-2010)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Microorganisms in Residential Well Systems (1-13-2009)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Nitrates in Residential Well Systems (1-13-2009)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Radon in Residential Well Systems (1-13-2009)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Strontium in Residential Well Systems (3-9-2010)
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Uranium in Residential Well Systems (3-9-2010; revised 3-2011)
  • Residential Well Cleaning (8-12-2008)
  • Water Well Systems for Fire Protection Services for Stand-Alone Housing Units of Four or Fewer (8-12-2008)
  • Water Well Systems Inspection (11-1-2011)
Other BSPs under development include:
  • Aquifer Storage and Recovery
  • Emergency Residential Water Well Disinfection Following a Flooding Event
  • Groundwater Sampling
  • Groundwater Testing
  • Reducing Problematic Concentrations of Perchlorate in Residential Well Systems
  • Relationship Between Wells with Elevated Iron Levels and Arsenic
  • Safe Handling of Radioactive Wastes from Water Treatment Devices
  • Sustained Yield in Hydrofractured Water Wells
  • Water Well and Pump System Operation and Maintenance.

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