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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Besst, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Inventor:

Noah R. Heller, Corte Madera, CA (US);

Assignee:

BESST, Inc., San Rafael, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/00 (2006.01); E03B 3/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); B09C 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 103/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 3/08 (2013.01); B09C 1/00 (2013.01); E21B 43/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); B09C 2101/00 (2013.01); C02F 2103/06 (2013.01); C02F 2209/001 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for reducing the extent of treatment required for groundwater comprises the steps of (A) determining one of groundwater (1) flow, and (2) chemistry within at least one of a plurality of fluid zones within a subsurface well having a primary pump positioned at least partially therein; (B) modifying fluid dynamics within the subsurface well based on at least one of the groundwater flow and chemistry; (C) selectively extracting groundwater from at least one of the plurality of fluid zones with the primary pump; and (D) removing one or more contaminants from the groundwater with a fluid treatment system. Additionally, the step of determining can include the use of miniaturized technologies, such as miniaturized flow profiling technologies, miniaturized water sampling technologies and miniaturized sensors.


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