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- Title
New Technology Injects New Life Into Municipal Well.
- Authors
Slone, Gregory B.; McLaughlin, Malt; Troutt, James
- Abstract
The article focuses on the move of companies within Layne Christensen Co. to combine their expertise to clean and redevelop a horizontal collector well in Independence, Missouri. It is stated that the city contracted to have the collector cleaned and redeveloped after seeing a gradual decline in its production. The two-stage process include the first known U.S. application of pressure-pulse technology called BoreBlast II, to rehabilitate horizontal collector wells. Because of the fine nature of the aquifer materials, lateral screens in the collector well were artificially gravel-packed. Meanwhile, the project called for a traditional rotating high-pressure water jet and a flushing sandline.
- Subjects
INDEPENDENCE (Mo.); MISSOURI; WATER supply; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; HYDRAULIC structures; LAYNE Christensen Co.; WELLS; WATER utilities; WATERWORKS
- Publication
Journal: American Water Works Association, 2007, Vol 99, Issue 9, p100
- ISSN
0003-150X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb08019.x