Optimal Well Plugging Procedures, July 1971

(1971) Optimal Well Plugging Procedures, July 1971. University of Iowa

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Abstract

In an earlier publication titled Optimal Well Plugging Procedures Nan Eck, 1971) a rationale was established for plugging abandoned wells. That rationale persists. A well is a potential entryway for pollutants or contaminants into the groundwater system, whether it be a shallow domestic well or a deep municipal-industrial well that penetrates multiple aquifers. Therefore, any well that is no longer in use and wil I not be properly maintained, or that has deteriorated to the point of no longer being serviceable, should be properly plugged. It has been called to the author's attention that although the plugging procedures recommended in the above referenced publication were optimal, there existed a need for a guide to less expensive and complex methods of plugging relatively shallow domestic wells. The following is meant to fulfill that need, while at the same time maintaining the same standard of protection for groundwater.