Effect of seismograph shooting on water wells

A partially defined and largely unexplored confined aquifer in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming is identified regionally through interpretation of geophysical logs, well drilling, coring, petrographic analysis, and GIS interpretation. The aquifer is a fine-grained arkosic sandstone, with thickness ranging up to 1000 ft in some areas. The aquifer represents a significant water resource for ranching and other development in northeastern Colorado and may be a resource for Wyoming, and Nebraska. Nomenclature for this aquifer is suggested. Water wells penetrating the entire aquifer have produced up to 200 gpm. Water quality data is presented including total dissolved solids, boron, and microbial methane.

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Code of Practice for test pumping of water wells

10.3403/00269345 ◽

1992 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Code Of Practice ◽

Water Wells

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An expert system for real-time well field management

Water Science & Technology Water Supply ◽

10.2166/ws.2012.021 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 699-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

B. S. Marti ◽

G. Bauser ◽

F. Stauffer ◽

U. Kuhlmann ◽

H.-P. Kaiser ◽

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Keyword(s):

Drinking Water ◽

Expert System ◽

Knowledge Base ◽

Real Time ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Industrial Sites ◽

Water Wells ◽

Well Field ◽

Field Management ◽

Historical Management

Well field management in urban areas faces challenges such as pollution from old waste deposits and former industrial sites, pollution from chemical accidents along transport lines or in industry, or diffuse pollution from leaking sewers. One possibility to protect the drinking water of a well field is the maintenance of a hydraulic barrier between the potentially polluted and the clean water. An example is the Hardhof well field in Zurich, Switzerland. This paper presents the methodology for a simple and fast expert system (ES), applies it to the Hardhof well field, and compares its performance to the historical management method of the Hardhof well field. Although the ES is quite simplistic it considerably improves the water quality in the drinking water wells. The ES knowledge base is crucial for successful management application. Therefore, a periodic update of the knowledge base is suggested for the real-time application of the ES.

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