Designation:D5737/D5737M−14StandardGuideforMethodsforMeasuringWellDischarge1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5737/D5737M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope*1.1Thisguidecoversanoverviewofmethodstomeasurewelldischarge.Thisguideisanintegralpartofaseriesofstandardspreparedonthein-situdeterminationofhydraulicpropertiesofaquifersystemsbysingle-ormultiple-welltests.Measurementofwelldischargeisacommonrequirementtothedeterminationofaquiferandwellhydraulicproperties.1.2Thisguidedoesnotestablishafixedprocedureforanymethoddescribed.Rather,itdescribesdifferentmethodsformeasuringdischargefromapumpingorflowingwell.Apumpingwellisonetypeofcontrolwell.Acontrolwellcanalsobeaninjectionwellorawellinwhichslugtestsareconducted.1.3Thisguidedoesnotaddressboreholeflowmetersthataredesignedformeasuringverticalorhorizontalflowwithinaborehole.1.4ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunits[presentedinbrackets]aretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.5Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Furthermore,itistheuser’sresponsibilitytoproperlydisposeofwaterdis-charged.1.6Thisguideoffersanorganizedcollectionofinformationoraseriesofoptionsanddoesnotrecommendaspecificcourseofaction.Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthisguidemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.ThisASTMstandardisnotintendedtorepre-sentorreplacethe...
