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Research draft

water well

vr.tr.water-well · PHY.PLC

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

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

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

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.

What it is for: Drinking water, irrigation, livestock and groundwater monitoring.

It can be explain well types; arrange water quality testing; understand licensing for groundwater abstraction; make wells safe.

Distinguishing features

Accesses groundwater

Needs protection from contamination

Often regulated

Can be a fall or gas hazard

What it looks like

Dug shafts lined with stone or concrete, drilled boreholes with casings and pumps, or wellheads with covers.

How it is recognised

Wellheads, hand pumps and windlasses

Drilled boreholes with casings

A spring flows naturally without drilling

Related models

is a kind of - category

water source

draws from - resource

aquifer

is related to - natural counterpart

spring

is regulated by - regulator

water authority

In practice

Families and kinds

dug wells

drilled boreholes

driven wells

groundwater monitoring wells

historic and holy wells

Standards and regulation

WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality

National groundwater abstraction licensing

Well construction and decommissioning standards

Failure modes and hazards

Contaminated water such as bacteria, nitrate or arsenic

Falls into open wells

Toxic gases or low oxygen in shafts

Over-abstraction

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Safety Hazards.

Safety comes first.

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.

Groundwater needs testing.

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.

Abstraction is regulated.

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.

Wells carry heritage.

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

What the second pass must settle

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