Well-Field Design Criteria for Coastal Seawater Development
| dc.contributor.author | Popkin, Barney P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-12T23:05:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-12T23:05:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1980-04-11 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/305296 | |
| dc.description | Presented on April 11, 1980, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, for Volume 10, Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest (see link for published version) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The University of Arizona's Environmental Research Laboratory, with the Universidad de Sonora, has operated a research station at Puerto Peñasco on the northeastern Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, since 1962. Research projects have included solar distillation, greenhouse agriculture, shrimp aquaculture, and halophyte irrigation. These require a dependable supply of filtered, temperate seawater. Proposed aquacultural expansion requires a large water supply. The thin, coastal, water-table coquinoid-beachrock aquifer has a high permeability, contains seawater and could sustain high yielding wells from a limited area. Well performance indicators (yield, specific capacity, efficiency and losses) are influenced by design, drilling, development and siting, and aquifer properties and hydrogeologic boundaries. Design should include full aquifer penetration, open-area screens, sized gravel pack and proper pimp submergence. Drilling should be by mudless reverse circulation. Development should consist of simultaneous air lifting and jetting. Siting should include proximity to the recharging Gulf and adequate well spacing. Total well-field production is controlled by individual and collective well performance, and by regional hydrogeologic conditions. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.url | http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/301201 | en_US |
| dc.source | Water Resources Research Center. The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources development -- Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hydrology -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources development -- Southwestern states. | en_US |
| dc.title | Well-Field Design Criteria for Coastal Seawater Development | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Environmental Research Laboratory | en_US |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | This item is part of the Water Resources Research Center collection. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Water Resources Research Center at The University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact the Center, (520) 621-9591 or see http://wrrc.arizona.edu. | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-05-29T09:08:01Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The University of Arizona's Environmental Research Laboratory, with the Universidad de Sonora, has operated a research station at Puerto Peñasco on the northeastern Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, since 1962. Research projects have included solar distillation, greenhouse agriculture, shrimp aquaculture, and halophyte irrigation. These require a dependable supply of filtered, temperate seawater. Proposed aquacultural expansion requires a large water supply. The thin, coastal, water-table coquinoid-beachrock aquifer has a high permeability, contains seawater and could sustain high yielding wells from a limited area. Well performance indicators (yield, specific capacity, efficiency and losses) are influenced by design, drilling, development and siting, and aquifer properties and hydrogeologic boundaries. Design should include full aquifer penetration, open-area screens, sized gravel pack and proper pimp submergence. Drilling should be by mudless reverse circulation. Development should consist of simultaneous air lifting and jetting. Siting should include proximity to the recharging Gulf and adequate well spacing. Total well-field production is controlled by individual and collective well performance, and by regional hydrogeologic conditions. |
