Wells

•A water well is a hole usually vertical, excavated in the

earth to bring GW to the surface.

•Open Wells / Tube Wells.

 Open Wells (Dug Wells)
•Open masonry wells, 2 – 9 m dia, less than 20 m depth.
Discharge 5 L/s

•Walls built of brick or stone masonry or precast concrete ring

•To improve yield of well, 10 cm dia hole @ centre of well is

made (Shallow well/Deep Wells)

•Shallow well rests in a pervious strata.

•Deep well rests on an impervious ‘mota’ layer & draws its

supply from the pervious formation lying below ‘mota’ layer.

•A shallow well might be having more depth than a deep well

Deep wells