Ch

44
Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering
For the purpose of inspection of well. the manholes are provided in the topD
COver The water infiltrates through the bottom of such wells and as it has to pasy
through samd bed, it gets purified to some extent
Top cover
Manhole
Sandy river bed
Warer table
Masonry wall
with open joints
Sand bed
Intilration well
FIG. 3-12
The infiltration wells
in turn are connected by
poreus pipes to a collecting
sump, known as Jack wel
as shown in fig. 3-13 and
the water thus collected
through the infikration wells
the
the jack well The water
fom ack wel is pumped
to the purification plant
for reatment
gravity into
Jack well
Porous pipes from
infiltration wells
Anew practice which
has been reenth started is
that of a vertkal well with
horisontal raial collectors
This method is practised in
continent and as it is rery
Plan of jack well with
connections lrom infiltration wells
FIG. S-18
common i France, t ES
sOeties referred to as the Pch system of topping wnderground
a vertical well about 3 m to 6 m in diameter. The well is sunk upto the required
Nevel and then ts bottom is pluesed Just from the level of aquifer in the well, the
horional perforated steel pipes are driven in the aquifer by powerful hydraul
jacks The length of radial collector may be 60 m or so. It is
about 10 such radial collectors from oe level only. Similar setsS may be installed
at dilerent levels, if possible
water, It consists of
possible to drive
The inner end of each collector pipe is fitted with a sluice valve and these
valves are operated from pamp house above. The inflow of water into wells