Nice old boreholes

Sometimes in our job you see some nice old pieces of infrastructure.

We recently saw just such an example of an old borehole that we were being asked to decommission properly in accordance with environmental regulation, probably dating from the 1960’s or 70s, not especially old but nice to see none the less. We thought we’d share the picture of the borehole headwork’s with you. It’s nice to see these old headwork’s and how boreholes have been used to provide water supplies for a long time.

Most old boreholes can of course be brought back into commission if they have fallen into disrepair and this is always nicer than decommissioning but it is important that decommissioning is done in compliance with regulations to ensure protection of an important resource.

About the Author: Jonathan Dalton

2nd generation of one of the founding directors 'Jonny' has approximately 12 years in the groundwater industry in various guises. Jonny worked in the Groundwater and Contaminated Land unit of the Environment Agency dealing with both regulation of groundwater abstraction licenses, then became a senior Geo-environmental Scientist for a large consulting engineers before moving on to become a director at Dales Water full time in 2009. Jonny has been involved in large water well supply projects for both sports clubs and water bottling facilities but delivers on projects of all sizes.