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Aquifer Storage Determination
Author(s) -
Keeley Jack W.,
Scalf Marion R.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
groundwater
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.84
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1745-6584
pISSN - 0017-467X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1969.tb01263.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , groundwater recharge , water table , tracer , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , groundwater , aquifer test , water storage , geology , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , physics , nuclear physics , inlet
A new method of determining aquifer storage coefficients has been developed for use in operations involving ground‐water recharge through wells. This work evolved from a research project dealing with the fate of DDT and nitrate in the Ogallala Aquifer in the High Plains of Texas. A tritium tracer was used to determine the detention time of the recharge water passing through a saturated volume of the aquifer. Tracer behavior was formulated ‘mathematically and verified by model simulation. The formulations provide a graphical solution for the detention time from which the storage coefficient may be calculated. The method will have immediate value in establishing storage coefficients of aquifers, such as the Ogallala, where plans for importation and distribution of supplemental water involve utilization of underground storage. Regarding water‐table conditions, this method promises to produce more reliable storage values than have been obtained from pumping tests.