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Step‐Drawdown Test Needs Critical Review a
Author(s) -
Mogg Joe L.
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.tb01265.x
Subject(s) - drawdown (hydrology) , test (biology) , interpretation (philosophy) , field (mathematics) , reduction (mathematics) , computer science , mathematics , geology , geotechnical engineering , groundwater , paleontology , aquifer , pure mathematics , programming language , geometry
A review of the literature and a study of a number of field tests shows that the presently used analysis and interpretation of step‐drawdown tests can be misleading. The efficiency of a well is defined. The usefulness of the step‐drawdown test is outlined and a hypothesis for reduction in specific capacity is offered.