ASTM D5978-96e1 - 13.10.1998
 
1. Scope

1.1 This guide covers an approach to selecting and implementing a well maintenance and rehabilitation program for ground-water monitoring wells. It provides information on symptoms of problems or deficiencies that indicate the need for maintenance and rehabilitation. It is limited to monitoring wells, that are designed and operated to provide access to, representative water samples from, and information about the hydraulic properties of the saturated subsurface while minimizing impact on the monitored zone. Some methods described herein may apply to other types of wells although the range of maintenance and rehabilitation treatment methods suitable for monitoring wells is more restricted than for other types of wells. Monitoring wells include their associated pumps and surface equipment.

1.2 This guide is affected by governmental regulations and by site specific geological, hydrogeological, geochemical, climatological, and biological conditions.

1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D653-26a

Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids (Includes all amendments and changes 6/15/2026).

D5088-20

Standard Practice for Decontamination of Field Equipment Used at Waste Sites

D5472-93(1999)e1

Standard Test Method for Determining Specific Capacity and Estimating Transmissivity at the Control Well

D5410-93(1998)

Standard Guide for Set of Data Elements to Describe a Ground-Water Site; Part Three-Usage Descriptors

D5409-93(1998)

Standard Guide for Set of Data Elements to Describe a Ground-Water Site; Part Two-Physical Descriptors

D5408-93(1998)

Standard Guide for Set of Data Elements to Describe a Ground-Water Site; Part One-Additional Identification Descriptors

D5299-99

Standard Guide for Decommissioning of Ground Water Wells, Vadose Zone Monitoring Devices, Boreholes, and Other Devices for Environmental Activities

D5092-04

Standard Practice for Design and Installation of Ground Water Monitoring Wells in Aquifers

D5254-92(1998)

Standard Practice for Minimum Set of Data Elements to Identify a Ground-Water Site

D5521-05

Standard Guide for Development of Groundwater Monitoring Wells in Granular Aquifers

2.1.1

In addition, ASTM Volume 11.01 on Water (I) and Volume 11.02 on Water (II) contain numerous test methods and standards that may be of value to the user of this guide.

D1889-00

Standard Test Method for Turbidity of Water (Withdrawn 2007)

D4044-96

Standard Test Method for (Field Procedure) for Instantaneous Change in Head (Slug) Tests for Determining Hydraulic Properties of Aquifiers

D4412-19(2024)

Standard Test Methods for Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Water and Water-Formed Deposits

D5474-93(2000)

Standard Guide for Selection of Data Elements for Ground-Water Investigations

D4448-01(2019)

Standard Guide for Sampling Ground-Water Monitoring Wells

D4750-87(2001)

Standard Test Method for Determining Subsurface Liquid Levels in a Borehole or Monitoring Well (Observation Well) (Withdrawn 2010)

D652-52(1955)

Method of Measuring Mica Stampings Use in Electronic Devices and Incandescent Lamps (Withdrawn 1956)