Location of water bearing soil layer is at 490-570ft.

Let, the static water level at 500

Average rate of water level declination (per year) = 2
Design period= 30 years
Drawdown of 15 while pumping each time
Safety distance of 15 So length of the casing pipe= (500+30*2+15+15)= 590
Aquifer depth= (570-490) = 80 which is more than 50.
So 80% of the aquifer screening can be made which gives the strainer length of = (80 *
0.80) = 64
Maximum safe length of the strainer is 100, so we can choose a strainer of 65

Selection of strainer size

To retain 90% of the gravel pack materials,
Slot = D10 / 25.4 * 1000; here D10 will be of the gravel pack material
D10 = 0.62 mm
Slot= 0.62/ 25.4 * 1000 = 24.41
So 4-6 inch diameter 30 slot strainer is selected having each opening area of 30/1000 inch
3 to 8 inch diameter envelop of gravel pack material will surround the entire screen

Sample calculation
Yield of well = (area of strainer x flow velocity) / factor of safety

For 30 slot strainer,

Strainer area= 15% of strainer surface area

= 0.15 x 3.1416 x Diameter x Strainer length

Here, Diameter = 6

Length = 65

Assume, Flow velocity = 0.10 fps

Factor of safety = 2.5

So, Yield of a well = (0.15 x 3.1416 x 6/12 x 65 x 0.1) / 2.5

= 0.612612 x (0.3048) x 3600 x 1000
= 62450.06409lph

Design considerations:

For one pump

In one day

8 hour continuous pumping

As pumping is for 8 hour per day, Yield = 62450.06409x 8

= 499600.5127lpd
Our present water demand is 1495884.5 lpd.
So, No of wells required at present=1495884.5/499600.5127
=2.99
3 wells

Water demand after 30 years =2322912.1 lpd

So, No of wells required after 30 years=2322912.1/499600.5127
=4.65
5 wells
So, 2 more wells need to be installed after 30 years.