ABSTRACT
The best protection against deterioration in wells and water systems of any kind is prevention. Prevention involves a combination of good design and construction practices, followed by preventive maintenance monitoring and treatment. A crucial part of prevention planning is proper well design and construction. There has always been a temptation on many projects to attempt to save money on a monitoring or remediation project by asking too much of very limited wells, using standard pack and screen sizes, inexpensive pumps, and shaving on development time. The purpose of water well construction is to provide a water supply well that will efficiently provide good quality water over a long service life - on the order of decades. In monitoring well doctrine, materials selection is made so that materials do not interfere with analyses. A plus from a maintenance standpoint is that noncorrodible and nondegradable materials are also those that provide resistance to biofouling and corrosion.
