Assignment 1

1. An aquifer test was made in a leaky aquifer. During the test a well was
pumped at a constant rate of 761 m3/d. One of the piezometers was located
90 m away from the pumped well. Table Q1 shows the observed drawdowns
as function of time. The steady state drawdown was 0.147m

Use an appropriate well flow equation to deduce relevant aquifer properties.

Table Q1

Time /hours Drawdown (m)

0.00 0
0.54 0.069
0.73 0.077
0.90 0.083
1.12 0.091
1.62 0.1
2.15 0.109
3.00 0.12
4.01 0.129
4.99 0.136
6.00 0.141
7.01 0.142
7.99 0.143
10.00 0.147

2. An aquifer test was made in a leaky aquifer. During the test a well was
pumped at a constant rate of 4800 m3/day. One of the piezometers was
located 96 m away from the pumped well. Table Q2 shows the observed
drawdowns at the piezometer as a function of time.

Table Q2
Time Drawdown
(min) (m)
5 0.76
28 3.3
40 3.59
60 4.08
75 4.39
245 5.47
490 5.96
670 6.11
960 6.27
1130 6.4
1185 6.42
Use an appropriate well flow equation to deduce relevant aquifer properties.