Field-Data Analysis for Stream Depletion
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 8, Issue 4
Abstract
An analytical solution obtained by Hunt in 2003 for flow to a well beside a stream in a semiconfined aquifer is compared with field measurements obtained by Weir in 1999. The analytical solution assumes that the pumped aquifer is bounded on top by a semipermeable aquitard containing a shallow standing water table, and the stream partially penetrates this aquitard. The aquifer response is similar to the response obtained in Boulton’s 1963 solution for delayed-yield flow to a well, except that a steady-flow solution is approached in the analytical solution at large values of time. The comparison shows that the new solution gives an improved description of the experimental data.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 8 • Issue 4 • July 2003
Pages: 222 - 225
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Copyright © 2003 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Sep 4, 2002
Accepted: Mar 13, 2003
Published online: Jun 13, 2003
Published in print: Jul 2003
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