Describe your hydrants and test method. Makeform creates a field-ready form for condition, pressure, flow, photos, and maintenance routing.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a starting point, adapt it to your procedure, and send the prompt to the builder.
Audience
Municipal water utility inspectors
Format
Mobile checklist with defects and photos
Prompt size
274 chars
Example form structure
Mobile checklist with defects and photos
Hydrant ID, address, and GPS location
Caps, nozzles, chains, and operating nut
Leaks, corrosion, damage, or obstruction
Condition photos
Disposition and maintenance priority
Suggested routing tags
Serviceable
Monitor
Repair required
Keep pressure readings, outlet size, and discharge coefficient separate so reviewers can trace the flow result.
Step 1
Identify
asset ID, location, model, and inspector
Step 2
Inspect
access, hardware, leaks, operation, and drainage
Step 3
Test
pressure, pitot, outlet, and flow readings
Step 4
Route
photos, priority, repair owner, and follow-up
A complete field record
Connect each hydrant to condition, test readings, photos, and the next action.
Use asset ID, location, manufacturer, and model to identify the unit.
Store pressure, outlet diameter, and coefficient behind every flow result.
Conditional fields capture severity, photos, owner, work order, and target date.
Fit the inspection program
Change terminology, test units, and routing rules to match your procedure.
Check access, caps, nozzles, leaks, corrosion, drainage, paint, and damage.
Capture setup, gauge readings, outlet details, duration, flow, and anomalies.
Group private hydrants by zone and connect issues to work orders.
Link defects, work, parts, repeated checks, and before-and-after evidence.
Build the workflow
Provide assets, test method, issue categories, and repair handoff.
List asset IDs, checks, test inputs, statuses, and defect recipients.
Make readings numeric and reveal repair details after an issue response.
Test every branch, unit, required field, note, and upload on a phone.
Share the link, route submissions, and notify the maintenance owner of repairs.
Field form vs paper checklist
An online form keeps readings, evidence, and repair handoff together.
Field guide
Use these six sections, then adjust checks, units, and review steps to your procedure.
Asset identity
Combine the asset ID with location and physical descriptors so crews can confirm the unit.
Access & exterior
Ask for direct access and exterior observations, with a comment whenever a check fails.
Hardware & operation
Use individual hardware choices instead of one overall checkbox to produce useful maintenance details.
Pressure & flow
Keep setup and readings visible in numeric fields labeled with pressure and flow units.
Drainage & restoration
Capture drainage and restoration so a completed test is distinct from a site needing attention.
Disposition & maintenance
Connect every non-serviceable choice to priority, ownership, and a traceable maintenance reference.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for municipal inspectors, water crews, and facility teams building a consistent field record.
Include hydrant ID and location, inspector, access, exterior condition, caps, nozzles, operation, leakage, drainage, test readings, photos, disposition, and maintenance follow-up. Keep each measurement in its own field.
Identify both hydrants, gauges, time, and setup. Separate static, residual, and pitot pressure, outlet diameter, coefficient, outlets, and flow. Label units and retain setup photos. Your organization defines the method and thresholds.
Ask the builder to calculate from pitot pressure, outlet diameter, and discharge coefficient while retaining raw inputs. Test the formula with known examples and provide a manual flow field for external equipment.
Use conditional fields. A defect response can reveal description, photo, severity, immediate action, owner, target date, and work-order reference while routine submissions stay short.
Yes. Publish a field link, arrange questions in walk-around order, use numeric inputs for readings, and add uploads for overview, gauge, and defect photos. Test it on crew devices.
Schedules vary by owner, system, procedure, and applicable requirements. Put your organization’s chosen frequency and trigger events in the instructions. The generator does not determine the interval.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses. Generate, edit, publish, and collect inspections without a response cap; the paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Yes. Branch from an inspection-type question into condition, flow-test, or repair-verification paths. Keep shared asset fields first and label the inspection type for filtering.
Replace scattered hydrant notes with one field workflow.
