Water Wells

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  • Introduction
    • Groundwater: Your Health and Your Business …1
    • Old Wells and New Wells …2
    • What’s in This Book …3
  • Groundwater Basics
    • Water in the Earth …5
    • Aquifers: Groundwater You Can Use …9
    • Finding Groundwater …13
    • Typical Information in a Water Well Record …13
    • Groundwater Quantity …14
    • Groundwater Quality …18
    • Groundwater Contamination …20
  • Well Basics
    • Types of Wells …25
    • Things to Know About Regulations …27
    • Types of Pumps …29
    • Sizing the Pump …31
    • General Considerations for Pump Installation …31
  • Best Management Practices
    • New Well Construction: Location …33
    • Drilled Wells: Construction, Upgrading, Plugging and Sealing …37
    • Case Study: Wellington County, 1995 …47
    • Case Study: Oxford County, 1996 …50
    • Large-Diameter Wells: Construction, Upgrading, Plugging and Sealing …52
    • Case Study: Elgin County, 1995 …58
    • Case Study: Wellington County, 1996 …62
    • Case Study: Wellington County, 1995 …63
    • Well Points and Springs …64
    • Well Maintenance …65
    • Measuring Your Well …67
    • Well Yield …71
    • Chlorination …73
    • Monitoring …76
    • Well Troubleshooting …78
    • Water Treatment …79
  • Appendices
    • Legislation …82
    • Metric–Imperial Unit Conversions …83
    • Water Quality Standards in Ontario and Canada …84
    • Ontario Well Construction Regulations …85
    • Well Information and Monitoring Record Sheets …87
    • Glossary …89