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Common Errors in Developing a Ground‐Water Aquifer a
Author(s) -
Whitesides D. V.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1970.tb01313.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , groundwater , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , water development , alluvium , environmental science , water resources , geology , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , ecology , biology
This paper presents some of the more common errors made in the development of ground‐water supplies in the alluvial aquifers along the Ohio River in Kentucky. Ample available literature on proper methods of development of the alluvial aquifers generally seems to have been ignored by the water users in the area. The more common errors made in the typical developments are singled out for discussion. In the typical development the aquifer is treated as an inexhaustible underground river. Wells generally are clustered in small areas remote from the Ohio River, and are likely to be located more for convenience and economy of pipeline or property access than for hydrologic considerations. It is hoped by highlighting these errors and showing alternative methods of development that proper development practices will be fostered. Stages in the development of two hypothetical groundwater aquifers in the Ohio River valley are shown by eight illustrations that stress the common errors made in development and alternative methods of development taking into account hydrologic considerations.