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rangement of the pore space structure is still possible, is also of great importance.
Obviously, the described effect can be extensively used to increase the conduc-
tivity of media, and consequently, to increase the production rates of wells used
for the recovery of minerals (water, oil, productive solutions of underground leach-
ing). Experiments at over 50 places across the territory of the former USSR with
different geological structure (clay, gravel, and rock) have shown that production
rates of hydrogeological and geotechnological wells increased by factors of 2 to
10 (average 2 -3 ) when their pre-filter parts were treated with electric current.
Electric energy consumed in these works did not exceed 300 kilowatt-hours per
well.
So the field experiments confirm the possibility of practical application of the
effect predicted by the theory.
