TL;DR
Well recovery rate is the speed at which the water level in a well rises back toward its static level after pumping draws it down, the property that determines whether a marginal well can keep up with a household across a day. Drillers measure it during a pump test by recording the depth-to-water climb over timed intervals once pumping stops.
What it means
Well recovery rate is the speed at which the water level in a well rises back toward its static level after pumping draws it down, the property that determines whether a marginal well can keep up with a household across a day. Drillers measure it during a pump test by recording the depth-to-water climb over timed intervals once pumping stops. A well producing little while pumping may still serve a home well if it recovers quickly and pairs with adequate storage, while slow-recovering wells get managed with oversized storage tanks, low-flow controllers that idle the pump, or hydrofracturing to reopen water-bearing fractures.
Where it sits in the glossary
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