Research Article
Mar 1969
Iterative Analysis: Bounded Leaky Artesian Aquifer
Authors: S. A. Bukhari, A. Vanden Berg, and Donald H. LennoxAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 95, Issue 1
Abstract
Application of the leaky artesian well function (Hantush and Jacob, 1955) to the analysis of aquifer-test data may be difficult if there are boundaries close enough for their effects to obscure those of leakage. If available information is adequate to establish boundary locations with reasonable accuracy, and if transmissibility and storage coefficient can be determined from early drawdown data, the leakage factor, B, may be determined by iterative adjustment of an initial rough estimate until observed and calculated drawdowns match within some specified range of accuracy. An algorithm for iterative adjustment is developed and a method of improving its efficiency discussed. Formulas are presented for generalized image-well positions for a strip aquifer and all results combined and applied to digital-computer analysis of drawdown data for a buried preglacial bedrock-valley aquifer near Stettler, Alberta. Three computed values of B agreed closely and calculated drawdowns based on an average B matched observed drawdowns satisfactorily.
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Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 95 • Issue 1 • March 1969
Pages: 1 - 14
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© 1969 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1969
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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S. A. Bukhari
Dept. of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., Canada
A. Vanden Berg
Groundwater Hydrol., Groundwater Div., Research Council of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Donald H. Lennox
Head, Groundwater Div., Research Council of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada
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