Design Considerations for the Installation of Ground Water Recovery Trenches

Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia.The use of trenches for the recovery of shallow groundwater is often more feasible then individual extraction wells. Trenches have the advantages of having a large surface infiltration area which minimizes plugging of the filter pack, a contiguous capture area which allows for a greater percentage of capture and lower operation cost since fewer pumps are required to span long linear areas.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThis book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors