TP – 1211 An Introduction to Water Well Design for Professional Engineers

Description

Relevant relationships and conditions in ideal, isotropic, homogeneous aquifers of uniform thickness and infinite areal extent and the response of such aquifers to the discharge of ideal, fully penetrating wells. However, ideal aquifer conditions are seldom encountered, and wells must be designed with practical aspects in mind to economically use an aquifer. The more important of these practical aspects are discussed here. A generally accepted, all-inclusive standard for water well design is not available. The American Water Works Association Publication, AWWA-A100 (1990), describes a number of commonly used design standards. The material is too extensive to describe all the different standards or even a majority of those in common use in this publication.