Identification of Aquifer and Pumped Well Parameters Using the Data Hidden in Non-Linear Losses

Kosta Urumović, Josip Terzić, Jasna Kopić () and Ivan Kosović
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Kosta Urumović: Croatian Geological Survey, Ul. Milana Sachsa 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Terzić: Croatian Geological Survey, Ul. Milana Sachsa 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Jasna Kopić: Vinkovci Water and Wastewater Association Ltd., Ul. Dragutina Žanića Karle 47a, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia
Ivan Kosović: Croatian Geological Survey, Ul. Milana Sachsa 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: During the pumping of wells, the groundwater level drawdown, as measured in the pumped well, is increased by non-linear losses caused by the water flow velocity through the well screens. This undermines the adequacy of the direct use of the measured drawdown data in the well for the purpose of the realistic identification of the effective well radius and aquifer parameters. This anomaly is avoided by reshaping the drawdown function into a function of the specific drawdown s w / Q of the pumped well. This reshaping simplifies the exclusion of non-linear losses from the sequence of measured data of the water level in the well at the position of the effective radius of the pumped well. Combining the data of linear losses and the respective pumping rate of the pumped well, a function of the specific drawdown of the radial flow s w / Q was formed. This function describes the aquifer parameter relations during the respective test pumping. A consistent sequence of the function of the specific drawdown s w / Q of the pumped well reveals the actual value of the coefficient of nonlinear losses. Moreover, the specific drawdown function enables the reliable estimation of aquifer transmissivity using only the pumped well drawdown data.

Keywords: well-loss parameters; specific drawdown; effective well radius; well-loss constant; transmissivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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