Storage Coefficient and Transmissivity from Residual Drawdowns
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Volume 129, Issue 8
Abstract
A computationally simple method is proposed for the estimation of transmissivity and storage coefficient from only residual drawdowns at an observation well, the calculations for which can be performed using a calculator. The method does not require the last pumping drawdown, however, duration of pumping is required. Different estimates of storage coefficient during pumping and recovery can be obtained using the new method if applied on such data sets affected by the hysteresis in storage coefficient during pumping versus recovery. The new method may be suited for advanced analysis of pumping/residual drawdowns, such as storage coefficient increasing with recovery. It is able to identify the nonideal aquifer condition (other than infinite confined aquifer) from only residual drawdowns if applied on such data. It can yield reliable estimates of aquifer parameters, which are as good as that obtained using an optimization approach developed previously by the author.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 129 • Issue 8 • August 2003
Pages: 637 - 644
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Apr 4, 2002
Accepted: Jan 27, 2003
Published online: Jul 15, 2003
Published in print: Aug 2003
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