ISO 14686:2003描述了设计和执行抽水试验时要考虑的因素和要进行的测量，以及一套现场实践指南，以考虑目标、含水层、地下水条件、可用技术和法律背景的多样性。本标准规定了任何泵送试验所需的基本部件。它还指出了如何根据特定的当地条件进行调整。它涉及为供水目的进行的通常类型的抽水试验，其中从一口井的整个筛分、穿孔或无衬里层段中抽取水。

ISO 14686:2003 describes the factors to be considered and the measurements to be made when designing and performing a pumping test, in addition to a set of guidelines for field practice to take account of the diversity of objectives, aquifers, groundwater conditions, available technology and legal contexts. The standard specifies the fundamental components required of any pumping test. It also indicates how they may be varied to take account of particular local conditions. It deals with the usual types of pumping test carried out for water-supply purposes, in which water is abstracted from the entire screened, perforated or unlined interval(s) of a well.