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FIELD AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF
WATER WELL DESIGN PARAMETERS
by
Christopher Robert Harich
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOIRNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(CIVIL ENGINEERING)
May 2009
Copyright 2009
Christopher Robert Harich
Object Description
| Title | Field and laboratory analysis of water well design parameters |
| Author | Harich, Christopher Robert |
| Author email | harich@usc.edu; harichenterprises@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Civil Engineering (Water Resources) |
| School | Viterbi School of Engineering |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-12-10 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-04-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Lee, Jiin-Jen |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Yortsos, Yannis Williams, Dennis Wellford, L. Carter Martin, Geoffrey R. |
| Abstract | It is the goal of this research to establish fundamental principles of water well design. These principles have developed critical water well design parameters for four different types of aquifers; very coarse, coarse, medium and fine grained according to the Wentworth classification. With extensive laboratory testing utilizing the world's largest sand-tank well/aquifer model at the University of Southern California's Geohydrology Laboratory and field data from over 100 wells accompanied by 400 aquifer sieves, this research has developed a standard by which water wells can be designed.; The design of efficient water wells requires knowledge of various hydraulic factors that affect the major drawdown components of a well. Determining which design criteria are most applicable in a given aquifer will improve well efficiency and decrease energy usage which will then lead to a significant contribution to the ground water industry. A large cost to any well operator is the electrical cost of a well. A decline in specific capacity, well efficiency, and or lack of well development will increase this operational expense. Minimizing these turbulent flow losses can result in substantial cost savings over the lifetime of the well.; This research will aid engineers in developing more efficient water wells in various geohydrological settings. Its goal is to provide the largest production of water while maintaining the lowest operational costs for the well owners. This paper will design wells that are simple and strong while protecting our water resources. |
| Keyword | water well; design; geohydrology; well efficiency; well design parameters; aquifer hydraulics; water well design criteria |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2044 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Harich, Christopher Robert |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Harich-2622 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Harich-2622.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | FIELD AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS OF WATER WELL DESIGN PARAMETERS by Christopher Robert Harich A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE VITERBI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFOIRNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (CIVIL ENGINEERING) May 2009 Copyright 2009 Christopher Robert Harich |
