Horizontal Directional Drilled Wells (HDDW) 2010

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HDDW The HDDW technique is a unique and proven method for groundwater extraction and infiltration. This new technology can be applied in a variety of ways and offers great advantages over the existing techniques.

In the construction of an HDDW, a filter pipe is introduced into an aquifer through horizontal directional drilling. Depending on the desired application, water is extracted from or infiltrated into the soil.

The technique of a horizontal directional drilling was taken from the oil industry in the 1970s. In the beginning, the technique was only used to install petroleum pipes and natural gas pipes. Since the 1990s, water pipes, cables and other pipes are laid in this way as well.

Horizontal directional drillings have relatively little impact on the aboveground environment. Drillings can be performed underneath existing infrastructure, watercourses, dikes or other obstacles.

Client: Visser & Smit Hanab / editing and direction: Vincent Oudendijk / concept, scenario and storyboard: Lex de Prieëlle and Vincent Oudendijk / 3D animations: Lex de Prieëlle & Johnny Roek / sound, editing and post-production: Vincent Oudendijk - Eclipse AV.