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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821951703321

Autore

Misstear Bruce

Titolo

Water Wells and Boreholes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2017

©2016

ISBN

9781118951682

9781118951705

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (852 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

BanksDavid

ClarkLewis

Disciplina

628.1/14

Soggetti

Wells

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to Second Edition -- Legal disclaimer -- Preface to First Edition -- Lewis Clark (1937-2004): An Appreciation -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Wells and boreholes -- 1.2 Groundwater occurrence -- 1.3 Groundwater flow -- 2 Groundwater Investigations for Locating Well Sites -- 2.1 Desk studies -- 2.2 Field reconnaissance -- 2.3 Well survey -- 2.4 Geophysical surveys -- 2.5 Drilling investigations -- 2.6 Groundwater resources assessment -- 2.7 Groundwater quality -- 2.8 Pollution risk assessment and prevention -- 2.9 Planning the well scheme -- 3 An Introduction to Well and Borehole Design -- 3.1 Drilled wells -- 3.2 Hand‐dug wells -- 3.3 Infiltration galleries -- 3.4 Radial collector wells -- 3.5 Observation boreholes -- 3.6 Exploration boreholes -- 3.7 Pump selection -- 4 Issues in Well Design and Specialist Applications -- 4.1 Choice of construction materials -- 4.2 Casing -- 4.3 Screen -- 4.4 Gravel pack design -- 4.5 Hydraulic design -- 4.6 Economic optimization of well design -- 4.7 Groundwater and wells for heating and cooling -- 4.8 Well doublets -- 4.9 Recharge wells -- 4.10 Aquifer storage and recovery -- 5 Well and Borehole Construction -- 5.1 Percussion (cable‐tool) drilling -- 5.2 Rotary drilling -- 5.3 Sonic drilling -- 5.4 Auger drilling -- 5.5 Jetting -- 5.6 Direct push and drive



sampling -- 5.7 Driving of well‐points -- 5.8 Manual construction -- 5.9 Well development -- 5.10 Wellhead completion -- 6 Formation Sampling and Identification -- 6.1 Observing the drilling process -- 6.2 Collecting formation samples -- 6.3 Description and analysis of drilling samples -- 6.4 Downhole geophysical logging -- 6.5 Downhole geophysical imaging -- 6.6 Distributed (fibre‐optic) temperature sensing (DTS) -- 6.7 Preparing a composite well log -- 7 Well and Borehole Testing.

7.1 Objectives of test pumping -- 7.2 Planning a well pumping test -- 7.3 Types of pumping test -- 7.4 Analysis of test pumping data from single wells -- 7.5 Multiple wells -- 7.6 The shape of the yield‐drawdown curve: Deviations from the ideal response -- 7.7 Interpretation of pumping and recovery test data in hard‐rock aquifers -- 7.8 Single borehole tests: slug tests -- 7.9 Tracer tests -- 7.10 Geophysical logging during pumping tests -- 7.11 Test pumping a major well field: the Gatehampton case study -- 7.12 Record‐keeping -- 8 Groundwater Sampling and Analysis -- 8.1 Water quality parameters and sampling objectives -- 8.2 Field determinations -- 8.3 Collecting water samples from production wells -- 8.4 Collecting water samples from observation boreholes -- 8.5 Sample filtration, preservation and packaging -- 8.6 Packing and labelling samples -- 8.7 Quality control and record keeping -- 8.8 Sample chemical analysis -- 8.9 Hydrochemical databases -- 9 Well Monitoring and Maintenance -- 9.1 Factors affecting well system performance -- 9.2 Monitoring well system performance -- 9.3 Well maintenance and rehabilitation measures -- 9.4 Well decommissioning -- 10 Well and Borehole Records -- 10.1 Well archives -- 10.2 Operational well databases -- 10.3 An example of a hydrogeological database - Afghanistan -- Appendix 1: Units and Conversion Tables -- Appendix 2: Hydraulic Equations for Groundwater Engineers -- A2.1 Energy requirements -- A2.2 Turbulence -- A2.3 Pressure Loss in Pipes -- Appendix 3: Health and Safety Plans -- A3.1 Scope of a health and safety plan for a water well project -- A3.2 Risk assessment -- Appendix 4: World Health Organization Drinking Water Guidelines -- Appendix 5: FAO Irrigation Water Quality Guidelines -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement.