Ranney collector

Ranney collector on the Mad River provides the water supply for communities surrounding Humboldt Bay.

A Ranney Collector is a type of radial well used to extract water from an aquifer with direct connection to a surface water source like a river or lake. The amount of water available from the collector is typically related more to the surface water source than to the piezometric surface of the aquifer.[1]

  1. ^ Steel, E.W. & McGhee, Terence J. (1979). Water Supply and Sewerage. McGraw-Hill. pp. 478–487. ISBN 0-07-060929-2.