Case Studies

Documented results from the field

Rehabilitation results are measured by restored specific capacity, not by how a screen looks on video. The Flow Industries archive holds 40+ documented jobs, with full treatment and pump test records on file.

Specific capacity before and after treatment

Nine documented wells from the archive. Pump-test data, gpm/ft.

Specific capacity before and after treatment for nine documented wells Paired horizontal bar chart for nine wells showing specific capacity in gallons per minute per foot before and after AirShock treatment. Values range from 3.4 to 54.0. Before After AirShock® Municipal · IL · sand & gravel · 113 ft 6.5 49.4 Municipal · IL · sand & gravel · 128 ft 31.3 54.0 County utility · FL · gravel pack · 235 ft 4.7 31.7 County utility · FL · PVC well · 159 ft 10.4 34.1 County utility · FL · gravel pack · 235 ft 4.8 23.8 Municipal · IL · sand & gravel · 93 ft 7.2 23.0 Water assoc. · LA · new-well development · 1,410 ft 7.9 22.0 Municipal · IL · sandstone · 1,485 ft (combined treatment) 6.6 18.8 Municipal · IL · sandstone · 1,340 ft 7.2 13.0 Specific capacity (gpm/ft), pump test

(combined treatment) = impulse combined with brushing and chlorination. From Flow Industries' documented treatment archive; full records on file. Results depend on site conditions.

Case studies

Detailed treatment records, published as they are prepared.

+175% Water assoc. · LA · new-well development · 1,410 ft

A new well produced far below design. AirShock® impulse development raised specific capacity from 7.9 to 22.0 gpm/ft — without redrilling.

Read the case study → 93–105% Irrigation · France · rehabilitation · screened well

A well at 3% of its original capacity recovered to 93–105% of its as-built specific capacity — a hydraulic bottleneck, not a water shortage.

Read the case study → +90% · sand < 1 ppm Municipal · US Midwest · sandstone · ~1,500 ft

Falling capacity and sand pumping in a deep open borehole: restored from 10.1 to 19.2 gpm/ft, with sand production cut below 1 ppm.

Read the case study → +58% Municipal · US Midwest · sandstone · ~1,070 ft

A cable-tool well decades in service, with legacy debris and a borehole bridge, restored from 9.8 to 15.5 gpm/ft.

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From Flow Industries' documented treatment archive. Full treatment and pump test records on file.

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