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Date:
December 8, 2025
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. CT
CEUs: 4 hours
Instructors:
Overview:
This interactive and practical course explores the key elements of effective water well maintenance, including development, rehabilitation, and disinfection. The focus is on practical approaches and real-world solutions. Attendees will discover tools, resources, and best practices to address common operational challenges and diagnosis and improve performance. The session concludes with an extended Q&A, where participants are encouraged to bring their own well-troubling and persistent operational issues for discussion and collaborative problem-solving with instructors and peers.
All attendees will receive two texts (valued at over $100):
- Chemical Cleaning, Disinfection and Decontamination of Water Wells
- Operational Stage of the Well (downloadable PDF version)
Who Should Attend:
- Water Well Contractors
- Professional Geologists and Engineers
- Federal, state, and local regulatory personnel
- Managers with Planning, Specifying, and Oversight or Responsible for Groundwater Supply Projects
- Public and Private Water Systems Officials
Fees and registration
Early Fee Structure (on/before November 7)
- NGWA Members: $175
- NGWA Student & Early Career Members: $100
- NGWA Non-Members: $275
Regular Fee Structure (beginning November 8)
- NGWA Members: $275
- NGWA Student & Early Career Members: $175
- NGWA Non-Members: $375
Course Outline
- General Introduction- The nature of well fouling
- Background – Performance & Operation Indicators
- Field and Chemical Responses
- Well Development (initial and maintenance)
- Well Cleaning (mechanical & chemical)
- Well Disinfection (stand alone & part of cleaning)
- Importance of Post Well Maintenance Evaluation & Responsibilities
- Wrap-up & Summary
- Attendees share troubled well project issues
- Q&A
Venue
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
2nd Floor, Room TBA
900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA, 70130
*This is an in-person course. No virtual option is available.