Weep Wells

[damitall]

Is there a good reference or article about the design and use of weep wells used for the reduction of groundwater pressure at depth?

 

[cvg]

explain what you mean by "weep well"

 

[dBasement]

If "weep wells" you mean "wick drains", that might be the better term to google

 

[damitall]

There are all names for a vertical drain that will allow water to weep / wick water through a filter fabric which surrounds a polypropylene core to the surface from a depth below. I need to evaluate the spacing to install these drains and any recommendations or limitations of their use.

 

[cvg]

sounds like geocomposite wall drain / strip drain / sheet drain or wick drain.

http://www.geosyntheticsworld.com/search/label/Geocomposites