Presenting at AGWT Water Well Workshop

The American Ground Water Trust (AGWT) Water Well Workshop: Maximizing Efficiency from Design to Operation, will take place on July 14, 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

DBS&A Hydrogeologist/Geochemist, Chris Wolf, PG, will present “Understanding Aquifer Characteristics and Well Performance Through Aquifer Testing”.

Clear Creek Associates (DBS&A affiliate) Principal Hydrogeologist Marvin Glotfelty, PG, will present “Innovative Techniques for Well Design” and cover the following topics:

  • Well design pitfalls
  • The well design sequence
  • Materials to be selected (screen type, steel type, filter pack material, cement, etc.)
  • Various well construction methods and alternatives
  • Impacts of well design on development capability
  • Well design details
    • Lithologic log interpretation
    • Geophysical logs interpretation
    • Stratification of groundwater quality
    • Vertical hydraulic gradients
  • Well development (techniques, considerations, etc.)

Learn more about the event.