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water well

vr.tr.water-well · thing-q43483

Let an agent handle water wells by type, water quality, safety, licensing and maintenance, and treat holy wells as heritage attributed to their traditions.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.PLC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Safety Hazards.

Fall

Open wells.

Fall

Fall hazards.

  1. Has a person or animal fallen into a well? boundary
  2. Should emergency services be called rather than anyone climbing in? action

Cover

Securing wells.

Cover

Securing wells.

  1. Is the well securely covered or properly decommissioned? boundary
  2. Which standard applies to capping it? provenance
Water Quality.

Testing

Laboratory tests.

Testing

Water testing.

  1. Which tests should private well water have, and how often? provenance
  2. Which accredited laboratories test it? provenance

Results

Interpreting.

Results

Results.

  1. Do the results exceed drinking water guideline values? measurement
  2. What treatment do health authorities suggest? provenance
Rules Licensing.

Licence

Abstraction.

Licence

Abstraction licence.

  1. Is a licence needed to drill or abstract water here? provenance
  2. Above which volume? measurement

Construction

Drilling.

Construction

Construction.

  1. Which standards apply to well construction and drillers? provenance
  2. How is a qualified driller found? action
Heritage Historic wells.

Holy wells

Traditions.

Holy wells

Holy wells.

  1. What traditions are associated with this holy well, according to local sources? provenance
  2. Is it protected? provenance

History

Historic wells.

History

Historic wells.

  1. What is the history of this well? provenance
  2. Who maintains it? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Physical world and living systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
PHY
Domain
PHY.PLC
Other names and narrower kinds
spring chapel, air well, fountain owned/managed by embellishment society, fire well, holy well, groundwater monitoring well, irrigation pumping station, castle well, Rodriguez well, Song Wells, Venetian Well, maimaizu well

What it is Filled

An excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving or drilling to access groundwater, usually lifted by a pump, bucket or windlass; related structures include monitoring wells, and historic or holy wells are valued as heritage.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle water wells by type, water quality, safety, licensing and maintenance, and treat holy wells as heritage attributed to their traditions.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Accesses groundwater
  • Needs protection from contamination
  • Often regulated
  • Can be a fall or gas hazard

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Declare well water safe to drink without a valid laboratory test.
  • Leave a well opening uncovered where people or animals can fall in.
  • Advise anyone to enter a well shaft without trained rescue and gas monitoring.
  • Drill, deepen or abstract from a well without the permits the jurisdiction requires.

Only with a human decision

  • Deciding that a household should stop or resume drinking from a well.
  • Entering, sealing or decommissioning a well.

May

  • Report water test results and the condition of a well for its owner.
  • Explain testing, safe use and protection of private well water in general terms.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Contaminated well water can sicken whole households, often children first.
  • Over-abstraction lowers groundwater for neighbours and ecosystems.
  • Historic and holy wells hold cultural and religious meaning.

Who is affected

  • Households who drink from it
  • Neighbours sharing the aquifer
  • Communities who venerate holy wells

Owners Filled

Steward

The landowner who holds it; the water or environmental authority regulates abstraction.

Master systems

  • Groundwater and borehole registers where kept

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q10713454 - registry parent class
  • Q118276030 - registry parent class

related

  • water source - category
  • aquifer - resource
  • spring - natural counterpart
  • water authority - regulator

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.water-well
  • Wikidata: Q43483 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43483)

Direct properties required Filled

  • Well depth: metres - Depth is measured vertically from a stated reference point to the bottom of the well.
  • Internal diameter: millimetres - Internal diameter is measured across the bore or lining at a specified depth.
  • Static water level: metres - Static water level is measured relative to a stated reference point when the well is not being pumped and the water level has stabilized.
  • Discharge rate: litres per second - Discharge rate is measured as water volume delivered per unit time under stated pumping conditions.

Recognition required Filled

  • Wellheads, hand pumps and windlasses
  • Drilled boreholes with casings
  • A spring flows naturally without drilling
  • Dug shafts lined with stone or concrete, drilled boreholes with casings and pumps, or wellheads with covers.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain well types
  • arrange water quality testing
  • understand licensing for groundwater abstraction
  • make wells safe

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Contaminated water such as bacteria, nitrate or arsenic
  • Falls into open wells
  • Toxic gases or low oxygen in shafts
  • Over-abstraction

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality
  • National groundwater abstraction licensing
  • Well construction and decommissioning standards

Context of use required Filled

  • Drinking water, irrigation, livestock and groundwater monitoring.
  • dug wells
  • drilled boreholes
  • driven wells
  • groundwater monitoring wells
  • historic and holy wells

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q43483: water well - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Well - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should well types be separate entries?
  • How should local testing services be linked?
  • How should holy wells be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q43483/spec.json