Method for designing a drainage well network pattern and conceiving same

Abstract

The present disclosure concerns a method for designing a drainage well network pattern for soil liquid drainage and constructing same. The method comprises performing a preliminary soil characterization in a selected area to be drained, wherein the preliminary characterization includes soil measurements sampled from the soil in the selected area at different locations thereof, and wherein the soil measurements include saturated hydraulic conductivity and one of soil total porosity, bulk density, air-filled porosity and gas diffusion measurements at different depths of the soil in the selected area; and using the preliminary soil characterization, generating the drainage well network pattern, including determining parameters of drainage wells to be constructed including a spatial distribution, a depth and a radius of the drainage wells to improve at least one of water table drawdown, capillary rise and surface aeration.

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