The following article will guide you about how to construct and design water wells. Selection of Site for a Well: The factors to be carefully studied before selecting a site for sinking a well are: (i) Topography. (ii) Climate. (iii) Vegetation. (iv) Geology of the area. (v) Porosity, permeability and alteration of rocks. (vi) Joints and faults in rocks. (vii) [...]
The following article will guide you about how to construct infiltration gallery with the help of suitable diagrams. Infiltration gallery is a horizontal perforated or porous pipe which opens joints, surrounded by a gravel filter envelope laid in a permeable aquifer with a high water table and a continuous recharge with a perennial flow. Infiltration galleries are usually laid parallel [...]
Roads and highways are always very important projects for any country and an index of its development. Their planning, designing, construction and maintenance are among the major duties of civil engineers the world over. As with any other civil engineering project, geological investigations play important role in the design, stability and economical construction and maintenance of the roads. Such investigations [...]