Plugging Abandoned Water Wells

Authors

H. Garland Hershey, Iowa Geological SurveyFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

Underground waters are one of the most valuable mineral resources of Iowa and each year they are being more widely used. Since the supply of potable waters is limited, their conservation is a matter for careful consideration. Every effort should he made to guard against contamination and loss. One of the chief causes of mineralogical and bacteriological contamination and loss of desirable water is underground circulation from one water-bearing horizon to another in old or abandoned wells. Plugging abandoned wells, provided it is properly clone, is the best method known to prevent underground circulation. The advantages of cement, mud-laden fluids and other plugging media are discussed. The various methods of emplacing the plugging media are outlined.

Publication Date

1939

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

46

Issue

1

First Page

253

Last Page

253

Copyright

©1939 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Hershey, H. Garland (1939) "Plugging Abandoned Water Wells," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 46(1), 253-253.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol46/iss1/66