Groundwater infiltration with bored wells

The installation of groundwater control systems when large building structure are being constructed can have undesirable consequences in the immediate vicinity (e.g. damage to buildings and vegetation). In some areas of the Netherlands restrictions exist on the amount of abstracted groundwater (if any) which may be discharged into surface waters. In such cases one solution consists of returning the water to the aquifer by bored wells (i.e. groundwater recharge). A number of groundwater recharge schemes in the Netherlands ran into problems, for which reason a study group on "Groundwater Infiltration with Bored Wells", was appointed with the following terms of reference: a. complilation of a survey of past groundwater recharge schemes in the Netherlands; b. examination of the circumstances in which groundwater recharge is feasible in practice; c. formulation of the requirements which a groundwater recharge system should satisfy. A survey of hydrological calculation methods and a examination of factors that effect costs are incorporated.