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  2. Dry well - Wikipedia

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    A dry well or drywell is an underground structure that disposes of unwanted water, most commonly surface runoff and stormwater, in some cases greywater or water used in a groundwater heat pump. It is a gravity-fed , vertical underground system that can capture surface water from impervious surfaces , then store and gradually infiltrate the ...

  3. Aquifer storage and recovery - Wikipedia

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    Since then, over 40 ASR wells have been installed for many different municipalities. These wells range in depths from 1,000 ft (300 m) to 3,000 ft (910 m) below ground surface, with injection rates commonly between 100 US gal (380 L; 83 imp gal) and 500 US gal (1,900 L; 420 imp gal) per minute (gpm) per well. [citation needed]

  4. Dry wells, muddy water: Extreme reservoir drops tax Oregon ...

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    Both problems, Nelson’s dry well and Springman’s muddy water, are coming from the same source: a court-ordered extreme drawdown of Lookout Point and Green Peter reservoirs meant to save ...

  5. Septic tank - Wikipedia

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    A septic tank consists of one or more concrete or plastic tanks of between 4,500 and 7,500 litres (1,000 and 2,000 gallons); one end is connected to an inlet wastewater pipe and the other to a septic drain field. Generally these pipe connections are made with a T pipe, allowing liquid to enter and exit without disturbing any crust on the surface.

  6. Wells dry and utility service denied, some Des Moines ... - AOL

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    A lone pickup truck barreled down East Army Post Road on a weekday afternoon. Sunshine refracted through the 500-gallon water drum the truck hauled, shimmering on the barren farm fields and ...

  7. Will Texas run out of groundwater? Experts explain how ... - AOL

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    A non-exempt well is a well capable of producing more than 17.36 gallons per minute, and must submit semi-annual water well production reports to the District at a rate of $0.155 per 1,000 gallons.

  8. Detention basin - Wikipedia

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    Dry pond on brook to reducing floods, near Děčín, Czech Republic. A detention basin or retarding basin is an excavated area installed on, or adjacent to, tributaries of rivers, streams, lakes or bays to protect against flooding and, in some cases, downstream erosion by storing water for a limited period of time.

  9. Well drainage - Wikipedia

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    Geometry of a fully penetrating well drainage system in a uniform, isotropic aquifer Geometry of a partially penetrating well drainage system in an anisotropic layered aquifer The basic, steady state , equation for flow to fully penetrating wells (i.e. wells reaching the impermeable base) in a regularly spaced well field in a uniform unconfined ...