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Good Practices In Maintaining Hand Pumps & Production Wells. By Upul Wickramaratne Hydrogeologist / Manager (Groundwater) Groundwater Section National Water Supply & Drainage Board Chilaw Road Wariyapola. Groundwater ??. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Good Practices In Maintaining Hand Pumps & Production Wells
By Upul Wickramaratne
Hydrogeologist / Manager (Groundwater)Groundwater Section
National Water Supply & Drainage BoardChilaw RoadWariyapola
Groundwater ??
Animals and Villagers are using same Water in Drought Affected Tanks in Pothanegama
Dug well Constructed on Dry Tank-Warawewa
Dry Dug Well at Weewalayaya Village
Distributed among common place in village by Social Service
Department and Water Supply by Bowser.
Dug Well Constructed on Dry Stream - Polpithigama
Construction of Dug Well, blasting rocks – Andarayaya, Polpitigama
Relevance to an Emergency
• Groundwater can be developed quickly in some situations – shallow tube wells/ Deep tube wells available drilling equipment (eg. Manika Farm – 2009)
• If deep wells may be available – Could be included in emergency water supply solution– Need to understand capacity, condition, constraints
on use • Potential for future development later in
emergency
What is groundwater? Groundwater is water that is
found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand, and rocks.
Groundwater is stored in—and moves slowly through—geologic formations called AQIFERS which capable of yielding enough water to supply peoples' uses.
How does groundwater move?
Underground, water slowly moves from an aquifer’s recharge areas (areas where water seeps into the aquifer from rain fall to it’s discharge area (like streams, springs and lakes).
Groundwater is always moving (this is called groundwater flow) and moves very slowly--only inches per year.
groundwater flow discharge area
evaporationrecharge
area
precipitation
condensation
runoff
transpiration
aquifer
water tableinfiltration
Hydrologic Cycle
Hydrogeology: Science which treats of occurrence distribution and movement of water under the earth surface
Major Features of the GW System to Remember
Porosity: is defined as the ratio of the volume of voids to the volume of aquifer material. It refers to the degree to which the aquifer material possesses pores or cavities which contain air or water.
Permeability: The capacity of a porous rock, sediment, or soil to transmit ground water. It is a measure of the inter-connectedness of a material's pore spaces and the relative ease of fluid flow under unequal pressure.
Pores, Porosity and PermeabilityPores: The spaces between particles within geological material (rock or sediment) occupied by water and/or air.
Primary Porosity
Secondary Porosity (Hard Rock Aquifers)
Hard Rock
Lime Stone
Cavities
Fracture
• Aquifers are replenished by the seepage of Precipitation that falls on the land, but there are many geologic, meteorologic, topographic, and human factors that determine the extent and rate to which aquifers are refilled with water.
• Rocks have different porosity and permeability characteristics, which means that water does not move around the same way in all rocks. Thus, the characteristics of ground-water recharge vary all over the world
How can we trap the groundwater
• By dug wells• Shallow tube wells• Deep Tube well• Natural springs
Well installation methods
• Hand excavation / boring• Hand drilling
– incl auguring and jetting• Machine drilling
– Rotary, percussion, down hole hammer
• Drilled wells– Reach greater depths– Penetrate wider range of rocks
Drilling…
Summary of Types of Wells
Cross section of fractured aquifer
High yield TW
Maintaining Of Tube wells• Should be a proper design and construction
Fractured Aquifer• Fractures form conduits through which
groundwater and pollution can move• Rock matrix stores water• Boreholes intercepting fractures
can have high yields
FractureRock Matrix
Water LevelSand & Clay
Sand & Clay
Hard Clay (Brown)
Gravel Sand Clay & Calcareous Rock
Fragments
Gravel & Clay
Blank PVC Casing 225mm (1000T)
Gravel Pack (Filter Pack)
Clay filled
Screen PVC Casing 225mm (1000T)
Sandy clay
Gravel & Clay
Hard Clay (White)
Main Aquifer
TW design..
Hard rock Open hall
22.4m
27.8m
31.0m
14.2m
CVWD Well 5681Aquifer and Filter Pack
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
0.001 0.010 0.100 1.000 10.000 100.000
Sieve Opening, mm ------>
Cum
ulat
ive
% P
assi
ng
Design Criteria (D = Pack d = Aquifer) Well 5681
Pack/Aquifer Ratio (50% Passing): 4:1 to 6:1 5.6
Terzhagi Migration Factor: D15 / d85 < 4 1.4
Terzhagi Permeability Factor: D15 / d15 > 4 16
% Filter Pack Passing Screen Slot: 10% to 20% 6%
Uniformity Coefficient (Aquifer) ; cu = d60 / d10 4
Uniformity Coefficient (Pack): Cu = D60 / D10 1.8
Pack/Aquifer Sorting Factor: Sf = Cu / cu 0.44
1080-1090 ft
1220-1230 ft
840-850 ft
940-950940-950 ft
1130-1140 ft
GranuleSiltClay Fine Sand Med Sand Coarse Sand Pebble Cobble
100200 60 40 30 20 16 10 6 1/ 4 in. 3/ 8 in.US Std. Sieve
Recommended Design
"Rancho Mix" with3/32 in. Screen Slot
Size, in. % Passing0.375 1000.187 68.0937 7.0787 3.0661 2.0469 1
Test pumping of wells
• Completed after well development• Tests the potential pumping rate and
resulting drawdown• Assists in determining :
– Long term pumping rate and water level– Suitable pump– Impact on surrounding wells or environment
Pumping tests
• Step drawdown test – short periods of pumping at progressively higher rates
and measuring drawdown in the well– helps work out achievable pumping rate
• Constant rate test– Pumping at constant rate (could be for days or weeks)– Measure drawdown in well and nearby “observation”
wells– Helps assess pumping impacts on the aquifer under
different pumping scenarios
Pumping Test……
Step Drawdown Test
Q = 3,000 gpmDrawdown = 17 ft
Specific Capacity = 176 gpm/ft
SWL 280 ft
TD = 830 ft
Time Drawdown Test
Failures • Being operating HPTW or PW
performance of wells such as WQ variation and quantity could be declinedDue to
Construction failure, Formation failure, Aquifer failure, Clogging or Scaling of Ca, iron & iron +
magnesiumOVER PUMPING
OVER PUMPING• What is Over pumping
When exceed the given recommendation of pumping rate and duration
• Is that Pumping Test recommendation everlasting No, because more than 80% of groundwater
recharge from directly precipitation. If any change of rain fall pattern then recommendation could be changed.
.
Specific Capacity of a Well
• The rate of discharge of water well per unit of drawdown, usually expressed as m3/d/m.
• Allows a check of well efficiency• Helps indicate bore deterioration eg
blocked screens• Reduced capacity (greater drawdown to
pumping rate) indicates reduced well efficiency
Decline In Specific Capacity
STATIC WATER LEVEL
130 GPM130 GPM
Original Drawdown, 40 ft SC = 50 gpm/ft
Spec
ific
Cap
acity
, gpm
/ft
TIME ---->
50
40
30
20
10
60 FT SC = 33 gpm/ft
80 FT SC = 25 gpm/ft
AQUIFER
Pumping Level ---->
Clogging Of Screen SlotsDue To Scale
Pumping Level ---->
Pumping Level ---->
• Loss In Specific Capacity
• Degradation Of Water Quality
• Pumping Excess Sand
• Pumping Any Gravel
• Pumping Air
Time to Rehabilitate Well
Discharge Rate, gpmD
raw
dow
n, ft
Des
ign
Des
ign
Dis
char
geD
isch
arge
Design DrawdownDesign Drawdown
Analysis Of Well Efficiency - Specific Capacity Diagram
Wel
l Effi
cien
cy, %
100
0
Well EfficiencyWell Efficiency
• Cone of depression – forms in the water table when water is pumped from a well
• The pumping of wells can have a great deal of influence on water levels below ground, especially in the vicinity of the well, as this diagram shows. If water is withdrawn from the ground at a faster rate that it is replenished by precipitation infiltration and seepage from streams, then the water table can become lower, resulting in a "cone of depression" around the well.
• Depending on geologic and hydrologic conditions of the aquifer, the impact on the level of the water table can be short-lived or last for decades, and the water level can fall a small amount or many hundreds of feet. Excessive pumping can lower the water table so much that the wells no longer supply water—they can "go dry."
How intensive ground-water pumping can cause salt-water intrusion in coastal aquifers.
Theoretically 1m drawdown creates 40m uplift
What Causes The Well To Need Rehabilitation?
• Clogging of Perforations
• Corrosion
– Enlargement of Perforations
– Holes in Casing or Screen
• Cementation in the Near-well Zone (Eg. Filter Pack)
• Sand Sealing
When the Well Screen Slot Opening Is Too Small, Fine-grained Material Which Normally Migrates Through the Filter Pack on Start Up, Consolidate Near the Well Screen Creating a Low Permeability Zone Which Greatly Accelerates Well Losses.
Well Screen Filter Pack Aquifer
“Sand Sealing”
Low Permeability ZoneAdjacent to Well ScreenDue to too small a slot size
How Do I Know If My Loss In Production Is Due To My Well Or Is It
A Well-field Problem?• Well-field Interference• Regional lowering of ground water levels
leaving the most productive aquifers “High And Dry”
• Seasonal Fluctuations in Recharge
Do All Wells Need Rehabilitation ?
• Experience in the Industry has shown that approximately 10% of all Large-capacity Water Supply Wells will be relined at some time during their life
• Rehabilitation Percentage is much higher -- 70%• It is rare that a well will operate without some
rehabilitation during its life
Clogging
• Iron• Iron Magnesium • Clogging process could increased due
depletion of water level by creating aerobic environment
HCL 10% HCL 5%Well Klean 20%
HCl 5%Citric 1% Citric 10% Phosphoric 8.5%
Laboratory ResultsAfter Dissolving
Scale In Acid
Decision Tree For Rehabilitation
ARE POTENTIAL BENEFITS INSUFFICIENTARE POTENTIAL BENEFITS INSUFFICIENTOROR
REHABILITATION COSTS > REDRILLING COSTSREHABILITATION COSTS > REDRILLING COSTS
REDRILLREDRILL REHABILITATIONREHABILITATION
POTENTIAL BENEFITS SUFFICIENTPOTENTIAL BENEFITS SUFFICIENTANDAND
REHABILITATION COSTS < REDRILLING COSTSREHABILITATION COSTS < REDRILLING COSTS
EVALUATE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COST OF REHABILITATIONEVALUATE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COST OF REHABILITATION
IS WELL APPROPRIATE FOR REHABILITATION?IS WELL APPROPRIATE FOR REHABILITATION?(design, age, operational history, location)(design, age, operational history, location)
IF SOIF SO
IDENTIFY PROBLEM AND CAUSEIDENTIFY PROBLEM AND CAUSE
• The development of tube well is essential process to obtain an efficient and long –lasting well. The main objectives of well development are as under:
• Repair to damage done to the formation by drilling operation and restore the original hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer.
• To increase the porosity and permeability of the water bearing formation in the vicinity of the well by removing finer material of aquifer
Tube well development
Tube well development cont..
• To stabilize the formation around well screen to yield sand free discharge.
• All the new wells should be developed before being put into production well. It well achieve highest specific capacity and ensure energy efficient well.
• We know that Tube well is an important and costlier structure in water supply schemes.
Well development Methods • Surging and pumping with air-
compressor• Re-drilling with air-compressor• Over pumping • Back washing • High velocity water jetting • Use of explosive • Use of acid• Hydro fracturing
Life time of TW
• Developed countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, UK, USA) – 30 to 60 years
• Sri Lanka - 4 to 10 years
If proper maintenance system implemented could be improved
- 20 to 30 years
• GROUNDWATER MONITORING is very
IMPORTANT to avoid this problem
Thank you