Residential Water Well Disinfection Following a Flood Event: Procedures for Water Well System Professionals

Presented on Wednesday, June 18, 2014

In this half-hour online presentation, you will learn how the NGWA-developed industry best suggested practice document, Residential Water Well Disinfection Following a Flood Event: Procedures for Water Well System Professionals, can aid you in the field.

Making sure well water is clean and safe following a flood event is critical. With its practical steps to take for water well disinfection following such an event, this BSP can help guide you in doing so. Topics covered include:

  • Recommendations for emergency well disinfection of a drilled water well
    • Determining severity of contamination risk
    • Mechanical and chemical procedures for disinfection
  • Specific steps for a 2-inch well with a deep well jet

Specific steps for a bored well producing more than 1/2 gpm.During his half-hour online presentation, you will learn how the NGWA-developed industry best suggested practice document, Residential Water Well Disinfection Following a Flood Event: Procedures for Water Well System Professionals, can aid you in the field.

Speaker:
Jessica Rhoads
National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH
Jessica Rhoads is the NGWA industry practices administrator. In her third year with the Association, Rhoads coordinates the development of industry standards and best suggested practices, as well as the NGWA Voluntary Certification Program. Prior to joining NGWA, she was an intern with the Ohio Geological Survey at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Rhoads earned a B.A. in professional geology from Ohio Wesleyan University, where she was awarded the Robert E. Shanklin Distinguished Scholar Award in Geology. In addition, she is a member of the Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, national honor society for the Earth sciences, and the Ohio Society of Association Executives.

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