Sustainable Wells

Informationen zum Autor Stuart A. Smith, Allen E. Comeskey Klappentext Intended as a handbook for working well managers and operators! this is a practical and accessible guide to preventing! forestalling! and dealing with problems with wells. It provides the information necessary for well operators and managers to understand the many challenges that come with maintaining well performance. The material is presented in an understandable manner without talking down to the nonspecialists. Rather than focusing on some aspect of well cleaning! or a particular technical approach! it covers the scope of maintenance and rehabilitation! from planning to evaluation testing. It also addresses the crucial subjects of preventive design! maintenance monitoring (from electrical to biofouling)! and evaluation testing. Zusammenfassung No one has recorded when well digging started, but surely humans imitated elephants in digging holes in the sand to access cooler water that didn't make the children sick. This book focuses on how to prevent and forestall problems, and manage the problems with wells as they age. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Brief Colorful History of Well Maintenance and Rehabilitation and Their MilestonesSome History The Role of the "Environmental" Sector in Shaping Well Rehabilitation and MaintenanceThe Impact of Biology on Hydrogeology and Ground Water TechnologyEconomics! Human Skills! Personalities! Demographics and Other IssuesA Word About TerminologyCauses and Effects of Well DeteriorationSummary: Causes of Poor PerformanceTrue Grit - Sand and Silt Yield and Drawdown ProblemsChemical IncrustationCorrosionPlastic DeteriorationBiofouling - A Hitchhiker's Guide to How Life Takes Over Impacts on Treatment PlantsEngineering and Construction Aggravation of Clogging and CorrosionWell Structural Deformation and Failure: Natural and Human-CausedDisaster-Related FloodingManagement and Operational OverviewEconomic Impacts of Well DeteriorationIdentifying Costs of Well DeteriorationAsset Management and Life Cycle Cost Assigning Economic ValueA Costly ExamplePrevention Practice for Sustainable WellsPrevention - Its Place in the Well Life CycleInterlude: Teeth and Motor VehiclesPrevention: Design and Construction ConsiderationsWell DevelopmentPreventing Contamination During Drilling! Well Construction! and DevelopmentPreventive Pump Choices and ActionsDesign Aspects: The "Cliff Notes" VersionA Note About Well HousesWell Array Design RecommendationsA Developing World NoteMaintenance Monitoring Program for WellsMaintenance Monitoring: Rationale for Instituting a Monitoring ProgramMaintenance Procedures OverviewImplementing a Maintenance Program - It's Institutional! Not PersonalMaintenance is Personal (and Personnel)! Too Maintenance Basics A Maintenance Monitoring Protocol for WellsRecommended Testing and Information Monitoring MethodsSummary of Recommendations for Maintenance Monitoring in Routine PracticeSchedule of Maintenance Monitoring Actions for WellsInstitutional and Funding Issues in Maintenance Planning! Analysis and ExecutionPreventive Treatments and ActionsSand/Sediment PumpingWhat Do We Do if We Have Corrosion?Biofouling (General)Inorganic Incrustations (General)Preventive Chemical TreatmentsMechanical Agitation and AugmentationChemical EmplacementChemical Removal and RecoveryIn-Situ Maintenance TreatmentsFurther Procedural ConsiderationsHealth and Safety ConcernsCosts and Time of Routine Preventive MeasuresRehabilitation and ReconstructionDecisions on Rehabilitation Methods: After Things Go WrongManagement and Safety in Well RehabilitationConsultants and Contractors: Avoiding Trouble in Working TogetherWell Rehabilitation: Decision-Making on MethodsSpecifications for RehabilitationThe Role of Consultant Specifier-ObserverRehabilitation Methods: Technical Descriptions Physical AgitationThe Pharmacopoeia: Chemical Use in RehabilitationBlended Method TreatmentsApplication of Rehabilitation...

Autorentext
Stuart A. Smith, Allen E. Comeskey

Klappentext

Intended as a handbook for working well managers and operators, this is a practical and accessible guide to preventing, forestalling, and dealing with problems with wells. It provides the information necessary for well operators and managers to understand the many challenges that come with maintaining well performance. The material is presented in an understandable manner without talking down to the nonspecialists. Rather than focusing on some aspect of well cleaning, or a particular technical approach, it covers the scope of maintenance and rehabilitation, from planning to evaluation testing. It also addresses the crucial subjects of preventive design, maintenance monitoring (from electrical to biofouling), and evaluation testing.

Zusammenfassung
No one has recorded when well digging started, but surely humans imitated elephants in digging holes in the sand to access cooler water that didn't make the children sick. This book focuses on how to prevent and forestall problems, and manage the problems with wells as they age.

Inhalt

A Brief Colorful History of Well Maintenance and Rehabilitation and Their Milestones. Causes and Effects of Well Deterioration. Economic Impacts of Well Deterioration. Prevention Practice for Sustainable Wells. Maintenance Monitoring Program for Wells. Preventive Treatments and Actions. Rehabilitation and Reconstruction. Rehabilitation Methods: Technical Descriptions. Learning and Going Forward.