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In <60bbc2$3qs$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> nospam@nospam.org writes: 
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>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.
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    That's hard to say. It sounds more like a real-estate agent test
for loan purposes than an actual well test. What you need is a pump
that will deliver more than 13 gpm, plus a volumetric measure of the
well's static capacity, and you need to know the "drawdown" of the
water in the well. 
    Otherwise you aren't sure quite what is being measured. Is there a
cistern (storage tank) in the system?
    The good news is that it sounds like a reasonable amount of
water...and your pump - which is probably the limiting item - did not
quit during a 2 hour pump. 
    
>The flow _increased_ slightly during the test.
>What's that mean?

    Could mean anything. Is the pump gas or electric? My first thought
is that the pump sped up slightly during the test.

                                     How does the water taste?   
                                        Roger Loving