INNOVATION Mar-Apr 2020

F E A T U R E

TAMING A ROGUE WELL

In 1965, a drill team investigating ice-age sediments near Vernon, BC, accidently encountered an artesian well with an extreme flow rate, later estimated to be enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools each day. After multiple attempts to plug the well over several decades, officials decided something must be done to protect a nearby creek and fish habitats.

PATTIE AMISON, P.GEO., NICK SARGENT, P.GEO., JACQUELINE FOLEY, GEO.L.