Methods to Revive a Well with Dumped Waste and Plastics

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I am posting a social issue in terms of water body.

We have a public well at my locality which was the one of the water source for nearby residents, couple of decades back.

With government metered supply of water and reduced water level in the well - The well became unwanted and it turn out to be a dump, which is now filled with kitchen wastes and also plastic wastes.

I am trying to revive the well by emptying the waste and later to be used for rain water recharging.

I need to know any machines or methods to remove the waste from the well which is 5 feet in diameter and almost 50-60 feet in depth.

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  1. If you are in southern part of India then depth of well is too high.

    What is the height of the debris?

    Do you get foul smell of (H2S) from well?

    You can slowly start removing the material. Remove the layer of 3 to 4 feet and wait for the gases to get exhaust

    You can also use an air blower to supply air for the persons inside the well in case debris is removed manually.

    Rajendrakumar V Saraf, FIE, FIWWA

    Chairman

     Viraj Envirozing India Pvt. Ltd

    21, Radhakrishna, Near SBI, Paud Road

    Pune 41038

    Tel 02015433445, 9822186763

    www.virajenvirozing.com

  2. Why not close the subject well by placing some cover to avoid any accident. Plan a new water well at a new location. Hope it shall be economical to complete on the contrary to revive the old one. 

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    1. Thanks for the thoughts MUHAMMAD ILYAS KHAN 

      The well is much prevented from any more dumping wastes and accidents with cover.

      As I mentioned earlier and as you know, the wells are source of ground water and easy access to the common people to extract by pulley method .....

      The wells went obsolete when the water emptied - It is not because the well is bad, we did not refill the ground water.

      I see well much more than a structure.

      Also - New well of that depth requires enoronous man power and costs lakhs of money.

      I want to set an example of effective use of existing wells for recharging with rain water.

       

      Thanks

  3. Lowering a man into a known death trap of pathogens and extreme toxic gases seems a bit much. Bamboo has a good analysis of the pathogens and deadly gases. From a scientific point of view no known pathogens can survive in an RNA matrix. In addition The Archaea species will not allow methane production. ALL compounds will be reduced into their elemental/nutrient state.  Perhaps a picture is worth a thousand words. ( this sites file pick and drop still does not work. ) Please use my email and I will send you all the pics and reports you require. biozomesales@biozome.com

  5. Dear  ThanikachalamurthiAruchamy , Good thinking

    Very risky to digging old well dumped waste the huse mass of gases like CO & CH4 will be released when digging in old well because anaerobic reaction inside and deep material. The Oxygen percentage also low. There is very difficult to survival at 60 feet depth. However, many automatic machine are available in market e.g. Vacuum excavators for digging.Vacuum excavation, or suction excavation, is the process of removing soil/debris/plastic waste etc. from the ground or removing debris from various ground locations via a vacuum hose which varies between six and 8 inches in diameter. The vacuum air inlet has a speed of up to 220 mph.The vacuum boom is guided by an operator that raises and lowers the vacuum hose to reach and suction material into the vacuum tank. Simultaneously a high pressure air or water jetter loosens the soil so that the vacuum nozzle can pick up the debris. If a rock is too large for the vacuum hose, there is enough vacuum pressure to lift the waste and place it aside.Vacuum excavation operations may either be via compressed air or high-reassure water. Either excavation method is considered best practice in locating underground utilities and reducing downtime from striking nderground utilities. Vacuum excavators will pick up virtually any kind of material such as mud, stones and pebbles, plastic waste ,railway ballast, sand, and water.

      My suggestion is you can install tube well with submergible pump this is always cheap & best. No risk at all. You can make tube well inside the old well with machine. For water charging you can dig another tube well nearby with guarded /barricaded so that any child cannot fall in tube well.

     

    Regards,

    Prem Baboo

     

  6.  Pump  water from the well until you will get a good quality of water, it may take a few weeks depending on the permiability of the ground surrounding the well, send a test sample or make your own test to determine if there are E.coly bacteria ,if so you will need to chlorinate some, before you make it a recharge well please send a sample to the local lab to determine the water are clean , water that still have contaminates can be dangerous and the well can be a source for source for bacteria growth, i suggeset also to cover it with graver so no one will be able to throw things in it and you will still have the infiltration rate needed to recharge the well.

  7. What a great fortune for you. You can approach this problem with mans technology or try allowing nature to do what she is best at for the last 3 billion years. As everyone knows all plastics are organic material. All organic compounds are biodegradable. DNA microbes like bacteria and fungus do not have the genetic code to breakdown chlorinated hydrocarbons. The RNA microbial group does.  1. stop adding trash to the well. 2. add Rna microbes to the well. If well is dry add water to activate. 3. let nature do her job. Let the cook finish preparing the microbial meal. 4. Then you can either direct rain in the surrounding area to be funneled into the well.  5. Free clean abundant nutrient rich water for man, beast, or plants.  When people hear of your success they will understand their domestic trash and kitchen waste scraps can be composted on their property. Used for their gardens, from their rain water collection tank. Clean water, clean air, clean soil, healthy crops, and healthy people. Best part is, cost about one cent a day to use.  So no UN funding or experts with costly advice and expensive equipment. Let nature be your guide to all thinghs.

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    1. Guy McGowen ....Thanks a lot.

      Decompose the existing matters is a good idea - Which we cannot retrieve it for use as the well section is complicated [too small] to take out.

      All plastics are organic material - Doesn't it take years to decompose, which have already occupied the most of the well area ??

       

      Thanks

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      1. Excellent Questions!  "A man seeking truth is always worthy of its rewards". I do understand you can not take the trash out of the well. Also  using the wrong group of microbes will result in very long decomposition rates.  This project of yours is to clear out the well and allow fresh rain water to refill it for the local village.  I assume your long term goal is to replenish your ground water table.  There are 3 parts to accomplish this task. 1. Learn and teach all in the village how to collect, use, and reuse rain water. (long term home storage tanks advised). 2. Do not pull trash out of the well. All will decompose rapidly with the correct microbial group. Usually it would take a year or more for natural composting. With plastics 5 to 10 years. But when using natures oil eaters plastic are broken down much faster. 6 months  sounds about right.  The main reason for NOT pulling the trash out is the nutrient value. After breakdown rain will continue to fill the old well. This nutrient rich water can be used on crops. The RNA group of microbes will eliminate all toxic materials and also eliminate all pathogens. After 50 years of testing once a month health department water tests have found zero pathogens, but note and rapid increase in oxygen content.  You may contact me on Skype: guy_mcgowen I am sure you will have many other questions.

        Saubhaagy.