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In Santa Cruz County, CA 3 GPM is required before you can get a permit to build a
single family house.  Since you will generally have a water tank or some other
reservoir average flow rather than peak flow is the concern.  In other words,
does the well produce enough water on a daily basis to meet your needs on a daily
basis.  13 GPM is over 18,000 gallons per day, which is a lout for a house.  If
you've been on city water, check your old water bills to see what you've been
using.  Irrigation will of grass, landscape, etc. will generally take much more
water than household use.

Dave

nospam@nospam.org wrote:

> We had the well on the the rural property we're buying tested, and
> the average flow for 2 hours came out to about 13 gpm.
> Is that good, bad, indifferent?  I realize that it depends to
> some extent on the capacity of the pump.
>
> The flow _increased_ slightly during the test.
> What's that mean?
>
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