Location, Operation and Maintenance of Tube / Bore Wells - Guidelines

Proper tube/bore well design, its construction and development considerably improves the long-term performance of the tubewell and reduces the chances of clogging of screen, sand content in water, contamination of water and other failures. These guidelines from the Bureau of Indian Standards, prepared at the behest of the Drinking Water Mission, aims to consolidate the available technical information on design, construction, operation and maintenance of tube/bore wells, chiefly from the wealth of practical, proven ideas contained in various Indian Standards and other publications from specialised agencies on the subject.

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