Remediation of a public water supply production borehole contaminated with manganese and /or iron oxide deposits
Remediation of a public water supply production borehole contaminated with manganese and /or iron oxide deposits
1 PagesCASE STUDY www.youtube.com/geoquipwater www.geoquipwatersolutions.com geoquip water solutions limited Unit 7, Sovereign Centre Farthing Road Industrial Estate Ipswich, IP1 5AP, ENGLAND TEL: + 44 (0) 1473 462046 FAX: + 44 (0) 1473 462146 email:info@geoquipservices.co.uk Public Water Supply, Fair Isle (Scotland) The public water supply borehole for Fair Isle was contaminated with manganese and iron deposits which had choked the pump, screen and possibly the rock fissures. The borehole is 200mm in diameter, 73m deep and provides water for 70 inhabitants as well as to a small storage reservoir. A 6 hour pre-treatment test recorded initial pumping at 36.7lpm down to 14.57 lpm after 3 hours with an average flow of 16.66 lpm, indicating the pump was not runn
