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Leaky Aquifers
1
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not occur in the completely
confined aquifer?
water level in shallow aquifer
Vertical leakage, first from
storage in the aquitard, then
from the shallow aquifer
aquifer.
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extent of drawdown? entire Q leaks from the upper aquifer to the lower
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2
At the start all heads are 100, then decrease at the well
Days
0.29 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
0.8
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81
201
Contour Interval = 0.5ft
500 K= 1x10-1 ft/day
K
Major interval RED
K’=1x10-6 ft/day
Minor interval BLUE
S & S’ = 1x10-5
b = 10 ft b’=5 ft
Q = 0.2 GPM
head in shallow aquifer = 100ft
W(u,r/B)=0.6 (r/B=1.0)
s=0.08m
1/u=0.8
150 sec
Calculate
K1 Ss1 K’
Q=0.004 m3/sec b1=30.5m
r=55m b’=3.05m
3
Q=0.004 m3/sec b1=30.5m
r=55m b’=3.05m
W(u,r/b)=0.6 (r/B=1.0) 1/u=0.8 u=1.25
s=0.08m 150 sec
T= 0.004
0 004 m3/sec 00.6
6
4 * 3.1416 * 0.08m = 2.4x10-3 m2/sec
S = (1.25*4*2.4x10-3 m2/sec*150sec)/(55m)2
= 6x10-4
Ss = S/b = 2x10-5 m-1
W (u, ) = 1
s = 0.55 ft
4
SLIDE LATERALLY DO NOT SHIFT UP AND DOWN
T DOES NOT CHANGE WITH TIME BUT S DOES
= 0.06
W (u, ) = 1
s = 0.55 ft
t = 53 min
uB = 0.25 (1/4uB =1)
Match Calculate T S Kv Kh Sy
early time = 0.06 Early time match results:
W (u, ) = 1
uA = 2.5 x 10-2 (1/4uA = 10) ft 3
144.4 2
Q min (1) = 20.9 ft
t = 6 min T= W (u A , Γ ) =
4πs 4π(0.55ft ) min
s = 0.55 ft
−2 ⎛ ft 2 ⎞
Q = 144.4
144 4 ft /min
3
4(2.5x10 )⎜⎜ 20.9 ⎟6 min
⎝ min ⎟⎠
r = 73 ft
4u Tt
S = A2 = = 2x10 − 3
r (73ft )2
b = 100 ft
Late time match results:
late time same T …. Same (match by sliding horizontally)
slide horizontally ⎛ ft 2 ⎞
same s = 0.55 4(0.25)⎜⎜ 20.9 ⎟53 min
4u Tt ⎝ min ⎟⎠
t = 53 min S y = B2 = = 0.21
r (73ft )2