Report of Investigations 9546: Well-Point Containment of Impoundment Leakage

Details

• Journal Article:
  Tuscaloosa, AL: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9546
• Personal Author:
  Smith, Carl W.
• Description:
  Research was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a well- point dewatering system in conjunction with a French drain to intercept waste impoundment leakage while reducing the volume of waste water requiring treatment. A well-point dewatering system composed of 585 production wells was installed around the perimeter of a leaking impoundment that previously used only a French-drain system for leakage control. The placement of the well-point system was designed to intercept and remove the leakage from the groundwater before the contaminant reached the French drain. Groundwater monitoring at this site revealed that after a period of approximately 40 days the well-point dewatering system had stabilized and effectively prevented the further spread of contamination to the French drain. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Water-pollution-control; Water-pollution-monitoring; Monitoring-wells; Drains; Seepage-control; Containment-systems; Waste-water-disposal; Ground-water
• Source:
  Tuscaloosa, AL: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, RI 9546, 1995 Jan; :1-16
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications   ; Mining Publications  
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• ISSN:
  1066-5552
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TURC - Tuscaloosa Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012063
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB95-216669
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  Alabama University at Birmingham
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:66c9feb4b2945ad58a3120da5b6e916666a9f00f1416ab14389232d5f69d4d1debb4628f04a4b66528c0e3f603e0eaf6476620a2cd4aa622da1a7df3aef7938f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/10280/cdc_10280_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.34 MB ]