Seawater desalination is a viable alternative for Coastal communities. Use of low angled wells (slant wells) produce ground water from near shore and offshore aquifer systems and provides a number of potential advantages over open ocean intake systems. The aquifer system provides natural filtration from suspended organic matter and sediment elimin...

This paper describes the pilot testing for slant wells for seawater desalination facilities....

Slant wells are a method to supply raw water for a seawater desalting plant. A slant well is a water supply well drilled on an angle instead of vertically and eliminates impacts to sea life, water quality upsets due to storm activity, and reduces pretreatment costs. Test pumping from the test wells at the Dana Point, California facility provides da...