Simple Method for Confined-Aquifer Parameter Estimation
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Early drawdown data, for which the argument u of the well function is >0.01, have often been considered unimportant in evaluating aquifer parameters. This paper shows that these early drawdown data, especially in the neighborhood of u = 0.43, can yield accurate values of aquifer parameters. A simple method has been presented for explicit determination of aquifer parameters using early drawdown data. The method does not require curve matching, initial guess of the parameters, or special care to check for u < 0.01, and the computations involved can be performed on a calculator. Application of the method on published data sets shows that the estimates of the aquifer parameters using only a few initial drawdowns are as good as those obtained by Theis curve matching when all data, including the late drawdowns (u ≤ 0.01), are used. The new method converges with the Cooper-Jacob method when the late drawdown data are considered. Thus, the late drawdown data also can be analyzed using the new method.
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Received: Dec 23, 1998
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