QWATER Well Developer
A quick, low-cost, effective way to develop small-diameter monitoring and production water wells. There are two lines of well development tools – Environmental Well Series (3/4-inch to 2-inch sizes) and Production Well Series (4-inch and 6-inch sizes).The Qwater Well Developer utilizes the surge block method and ball valve to develop wells faster and more effectively while maximizing the well yield and lowering water turbidity. Economically priced, the Environmental Qwater Well Developer tools are disposable after each well use to eliminate cross-well contamination.
Qwater Well Developer is the only product on the market that will effectively develop a well and purge clays and silt all in one step. Quit destroying those expensive submersible pumps with harmful grit! The smaller Qwater Well Developers can be connected to a standard rigid 1/2-inch PVC or coiled polyethylene pipe to be used as a push rod and riser. Due to their size and weight, the larger Production Series Qwater Well Developers are meant to be used on a wireline, drill pipe or drill rod.
Environmental Series |
| The Environmental Series includes lightweight, inexpensive, disposable well developers that can be operated manually using flexible or rigid tubing (PVC, PEX or polyethylene). The Environmental Series includes smaller well developers ranging from 3/4-inch to 2-inch, and including 3/4-inch, 1-inch, 1.25-inch, 1.5-inch, and 2-inch. These tools work best in wells with water levels to 30 feet and well depths to 100 feet; however, the Environmental Series developers have been used to lift water from over 90 feet in wells with depths to 190 feet. Theoretically the check ball reciprocating method can lift water hundreds of feet; however, the weight of the water and tubing (1/2-inch) weighs about 30 pounds (lbs) per 100 feet, more than most people care to lift. Also, the deeper the water, the more rigid the pipe should be, transitioning from flexible tubing to rigid PVC or PEX pipe with increasing depths. Solvent-welded PVC pipe works well; however, if glue cannot be used, flush-threaded PVC pipe (1/2-inch or 3/4-inch) in 5-foot to 10-foot tremie pipe sections works well. PEX pipe, which is available at most hardware stores in 3/8-inch, 1/2-inch or 3/4-inch on a roll, also performs well to depths of 100 feet. |
The five sizes currently available (3/4-inch to 2-inch) can also be used in air sparge wells and shallow injection wells that are used to inject fluids for chemical and biological oxidation remediation projects. All Qwater Well Developers are designed to fit snugly into schedule 40 PVC or steel pipe and stainless steel and PVC wire-wrapped production well screens.
