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High‐Capacity Wells for Conjunctive Use of Water
Author(s) -
Ham Herbert H.
Publication year - 1971
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.1745-6584.1971.tb03561.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , land reclamation , basalt , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , division (mathematics) , irrigation , conjunctive use , environmental science , geology , drainage , yield (engineering) , geochemistry , geotechnical engineering , geography , archaeology , mathematics , materials science , metallurgy , ecology , arithmetic , biology
The Bureau of Reclamation's authorized Lower Teton Division multipurpose project is based on conjunctive use for irrigation of surface water from the Snake River and ground water from the Snake Plain basalt aquifer of southeastern Idaho. Ground water will be provided to replace surface water adversely diverted to Division lands during dry years. Extensive investigations, including the construction and testing of five test wells of 12‐ to 18‐cubic‐foot per‐second (cfs) capacity, indicate that use of such large wells is feasible, and that the basalt aquifer will yield the initial 400‐cfs maximum flow without appreciable detrimental effect. Location of well fields and design and construction practices were primarily controlled by field conditions; use of theoretical parameters was essentially precluded.