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The Investigation of Aquifer Parameters Using Multiple Piezometers
Author(s) -
Walthall S.,
Lngram J. A.
Publication year - 1984
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.1745-6584.1984.tb01472.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , piezometer , aquifer test , specific storage , geology , borehole , permeability (electromagnetism) , aquifer properties , geotechnical engineering , petroleum engineering , soil science , groundwater , groundwater recharge , membrane , biology , genetics
In order to investigate the aquifer parameters of a fissured layered sandstone aquifer, it was found necessary to construct and test an abstraction borehole using laboratory, double packer, geophysical and pumping test techniques. Good correlation was found between the techniques when the aquifer was represented by a fissured layered aquifer with low permeability bands separating layers of higher permeability. The use of multiple piezometers proved to be the only way of obtaining sensible results for field pumping tests and has given storage coefficients for both the confined and unconfined sections of the aquifer.