Siting Drilling And Construction Of Water Supply Wells

This illustrated guide to drilling wells completely covers recent issues with siting and site assessments for wells, methods for drilling, water quality concerns, and regulatory issues. It is useful to civil engineers, public utility officials, water plant operators, hydrogeologists new to the field, and others.

"This book is intended for utilities and engineers who periodically design and construct water supply wells, as opposed to books designed for well drilling, voluminous well books that cover vast territory and details or highly theoretical books for course taught at the college level. This book is intended to help the reader understand what to expect from well drilling, including the equipment, terminology, and design concepts"--

Water Wells and Boreholes focuses on wells that are used for drinking, industry, agriculture or other supply purposes. Other types of wells and boreholes are also covered, including boreholes for monitoring groundwater level and groundwater quality. This fully revised second edition updates and expands the content of the original book whilst maintaining its practical emphasis. The book follows a life-cycle approach to water wells, from identifying a suitable well site through to successful implementation, operation and maintenance of the well, to its eventual decommissioning. Completely revised and updated throughout, Water Wells and Boreholes, Second edition, is the ideal reference for final-year undergraduate students in geology and civil engineering; graduate students in hydrogeology, civil engineering and environmental sciences; research students who use well data in their research; professionals in hydrogeology, water engineering, environmental engineering and geotechnical engineering; and aid workers and others involved in well projects.

This is reference sheet 11.3 in the Farm Water Quality Planning series.