Installation of horizontal wells in landfilled waste using directional drilling

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 869-878

  Cox, Steve E ^a   Beaven, Richard P ^b,c   Powrie, W ^b   Cole, Darren J ^d  

^a WJ Groundwater Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Richard Beaven Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Cleanaway Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage; Drawdown; Drilling; Landfills; Pumping tests; Waste sites; Wells

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIRECTIONAL DRILLING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INSTALLATION; LAND FILL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

DRAWDOWN; LANDFILLED WASTE; PUMPING TESTS; WASTE SITES;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; DESIGN; DRILLING; INSTALLATION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; WELL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WASTE;

EID: 33745257581     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:7(869)     Document Type: Article

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