Monitoring and Remediation Wells : Problem Prevention, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation

Title: Monitoring and Remediation Wells : Problem Prevention, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation
Author: Stuart A Smith
ISBN: 0873715624 / 9780873715621
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 208
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 1995
Availability: In Stock

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A guide to optimizing the performance of monitoring and pumping well systems
Provides step-by-step examples of environmental well maintenance and restoration, covering both the cause of related problems and the methods of rehabilitation
Offers useful and accurate samples of well-maintained monitoring wells
Discusses many common problems such as biofouling, equipment deterioration, structural failure, corrosion, and much more
Serves as a quick reference for prudent decision making
Covers site considerations, compliance, unique technical aspects of monitoring well system maintenance and restoration, and safety in a unique format
Includes well-chosen case studies to illustrate applications

There is a growing problem of performance degradation of wells and associated systems on sites where groundwater quality is monitored or remediation performed. This book acts as a valuable guide in keeping monitoring and pumping well systems operating to their best capacity. It addresses the need for and methods of environmental well maintenance and restoration. This guidebook to the causes of well deterioration, methods of well maintenance, and well restoration or well rehabilitation methods offers methods for prevention and control of deterioration.
If you are a consumer of professional services in well rehabilitation, this book will help you get the most from your professional help. It you are a provider, it is an important source of information intended to help you do your job better and more safely.

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List of Tables
List of Figures
The Author
Preface or What Am I Supposed to Get from Reading This Book?
Acknowledgments
Disclaimer

Section 1 : Causes
Chapter 1 : A Brief Maintenance History of Environmental Wells
Chapter 2 : Causes and Effects of Performance Deterioration : The Lineup

Section 2 : Prevention and Maintenance
Chapter 3 : The Basis for Controlling Well Fouling under “Environmental” Conditions
Chapter 4 : Prevention : Design and Construction Considerations
Chapter 5 : Environmental Site Well Maintenance : Issues and Procedures
Chapter 6 : Maintenance Monitoring Program for Wells
Chapter 7 : Preventive Treatments and Actions

Section 3 : Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Chapter 8 : Decisions on Rehabilitation Methods : After Things Go Wrong
Chapter 9 : Rehabilitation Methods : Technical Descriptions
Chapter 10 : Learning and Going Forward

References
Appendix : Method Selection Charts
Index