Well Maintenance Essentials: Development, Rehabilitation, and Disinfection Short Course

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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.