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IS 4097 : 2019

Specification for material (Gravel) for use as filter pack in tubewells (First Revision)

Current edition: 2019

Sectional committee: MED 21 · BIS department: Mechanical Engineering (MED)

What this standard covers

The standard lays down the requirements for material for use as filter pack material in tubewells as source of water. In filter packed wells the zone immediately around the screen is made more permeable by packing it with specially graded material-filter pack earlier known as gravel pack. 1.2 In filter packed wells, the zone immediately around the well screen is made more permeable by removing...

Scope, quoted from IS 4097 : 2019. Read the full standard

How the standard is organised

  • 3 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • 4 POROSITY
  • 5 FILTER PACK GRADE
  • 6 HARDNESS
  • 7 PACK AQUIFER RATIO
  • 8 SELECTION OF FILTER PACK GRADE
  • 9 FILTER PACK PLACEMENT PROCEDURE
  • 10 SAMPLING
  • 11 PACKING

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

  • IS 4097 : 2019 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2024-03-01)

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

CPWD DSR 2021 (Civil Works)

Item codeDescription (verbatim)
23.8Gravel packing in tubewell construction in accordance with IS: 4097, including providing gravel fine/ medium/ coarse, in required grading & sizes as per actual requirement, all complete as per direction of Engineer-in-ch…

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