Nebraska Section DHHS Water Well Standards Questions With Complete Solutions

How many sections a standard township is made up of. correct answer: 36 sections. Sections are 1 sq. Mile or 640 acres Each type of approved grouting material by the Board. (6) correct answer: 1. Neat Cement Grout Slurry 2. Sand cement grout slurry 3. Non-slurry Bentonite Grout 4. Cement/Bentonite Grout Slurry 5. High Solids Bentonite Grout Slurry 6. Bentonite Grout Slurry How many ground water regions are in Nebraska? correct answer: 13 Ground water regions. 1. Hat Creek White River Drainage 2. Northern Panhandle Tableland 3. Southern Panhandle Tableland 4. Southwestern Tableland 5. North Central Tableland 6. Sand Hills 7. East Central Dissected Plains 8. Platte River Valley 9. South Central Plains 10. Republican River Valley and Dissected Plains 11. Northeastern Nebraska Glacial Drift 12. Southeast Nebraska Glacial Drift 13. Missouri River Lowland porosity correct answer: the percent of the bulk volume of a rock or soil that is occupied by interstices, whether isolated or connected transmissivity correct answer: The rate at which water is transmitted through a unit width of the saturated thickness of the aquifer under a unit hydraulic gradient confined aquifer. correct answer: bounded below and above by confining units. Water recharges a confined aquifer where it intersects an unconfined aquifer. As water enters it becomes pressurized by the weight of the water and the seal provided by the overlying confining unit. Water in a well drilled into it will flow into the well until the water level is above the top of the aquifer. Artesian well can be flowing if flowing above ground surface decommission correct answer: when used in relation to a water well, means the act of filling, sealing, and plugging a water well in accordance with the rules and regulations of t