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Water Well Drilling, Well Construction and Well Development

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Special ability of exploration and exploitation of resources available in nature is the key to the advancement of mankind. Though some of the resources are readily available in the surroundings, some of the resources are hidden; hence they need some devices and means to reach them.

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Chakraborty, A. (2019). Water Well Drilling, Well Construction and Well Development. In: Sikdar, P. (eds) Groundwater Development and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75115-3_10

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