Discharge rates for most wells ranged, on average, from a few gallons per minute (gal/min) to tens of gallons per minute. Although most wells were completed with a 10-foot well screen in the most permeable depth interval penetrated by each borehole, the amount of water that discharged from a depressurizing well was dependent on the permeability of the sediment at that location—the sediment stratigraphy (layering) varies across the mudboil area. In some cases, the well was screened in a very fine to fine, silty sand and discharged clear water at rates of 2 to less than 10 gal/min. In some places where the well was screened in medium, silty sand, the discharge ranged from 10 to 30 gal/min. Discharge varied seasonally, ranging between 30 to 50 percent greater than and 30 to 50 percent less than the average flow rate. (Kappel,
Discharge rates for most wells ranged, on average, from a few gallons per minute (gal/min) to tens of gallons per minute. Although most wells were completed with a 10-foot well screen in the most permeable depth interval penetrated by each borehole, the amount of water that discharged from a depressurizing well was dependent on the permeability of the sediment at that location—the sediment stratigraphy (layering) varies across the mudboil area. In some cases, the well was screened in a very fine to fine, silty sand and discharged clear water at rates of 2 to less than 10 gal/min. In some places where the well was screened in medium, silty sand, the discharge ranged from 10 to 30 gal/min. Discharge varied seasonally, ranging between 30 to 50 percent greater than and 30 to 50 percent less than the average flow rate. (Kappel,