Groundwater Modeling Project

Class Assignment

The town of Hubbertville is planning to expand its water supply by constructing a

well in an unconfined aquifer consisting of sand and gravel (FigP4.1). The well
was designed to pump constantly at a rate of 20000 m3/day. Well construction was
halted by the State Fish and Game Service, managers of the Green Swamp
Conservation area. The state claimed the pumping would “significantly reduce”
the groundwater discharge to the swamp and damage waterfowl area. The town
claimed that the river and the groundwater divide located somewhere near the
center of the valley would prevent any change in flow to the swamp.