Understanding Groundwater & Wells

Purpose and Scope of this Document: The purpose of this guidance document is to present a recommended approach to designing and constructing monitoring wells for groundwater investigations at contaminated sites. The state-of-practice of environmental characterization has changed substantially since 1995, when the original guidance was released. The intent of this revised guidance is to update the original guidance regarding recent developments and to discuss groundwater monitoring wells within the context of recent developments. In that regard, the overview below provides a thumbnail sketch of the differences between this document and the original guidance.

Distribution Foreman CEU Training Course Description Water Distribution, Well Drillers, Pump Installers, and Water Treatment Operators. The target audience for this course is the person interested in working in a water treatment or distribution facility and wishing to maintain CEUs for certification license or to learn how to do the job safely and effectively, and/or to meet education needs for promotion. This course will cover the necessary water distribution information for the intermediate level of water distribution/water treatment operator. This course consists of 4 chapters of increasing subject/task difficulty. Because of the explanation of Water Distribution and Water Treatment Methods and related water fundamentals and a detailed understanding of pumps and motors, this is an excellent course that applies to both Water Treatment and Distribution Operators. This course also covers in detail: Disinfection, Chlorine, O3 and disinfection alternatives, and byproduct fundamentals. Water Quality, Tastes, and Odor Problems, MCL/EPA Rules, and a basic understanding of how the rules were created and implemented will be covered. This course will also cover advanced groundwater production and protection with problem-solving solutions.

•Assessment of the entire non-renewable ground water reserves •Distribution of the ground water reserves, their quality •Assessment of reservoir properties for all aquifers •Economic classification ↓ •MEWA Study of all aquifers on the Arabian Platform •MEWA Study of Western Coastal Plain and Harrats + Wadis