Aqtesolv is userfriendly and can be easily mastered using the tutorial and the help file. The first approach is a spreadsheetbased procedure using the excel software package microsoft, 1997, while the second utilizes any of a number of scientificgraphics packages. Aquifertest pro is an easytouse software package used by hydrogelogists for analyzing and reporting groundwater pumping test and slug test. Several spreadsheets for the analysis of aquifer test and slug test data.
Material will emphasize practical aspects of analyzing and interpreting slug test and singlewell pumping aquifer tests. Slug tests for determining hydraulic conductivity of natural. A slug test yielding an oscillating water level response is called underdamped. Our pumping test analysis programs incorporate numerous highdemand groundwater data analysis methods to help you expand your graphical analysis and reporting of pumping and slug test data. This method was developed for the analysis of slugtest data from highly transmissive aquifers, as evidenced by oscillatory waterlevel response to a slug displacement. Feb 18, 2014 aquifertest pro is an easytouse software package used by hydrogelogists for analyzing and reporting groundwater pumping test and slug test data. Spreadsheets for the analysis of aquifer test and slug test data, version 1. A slug test for determining hydraulic conductivity of. A single simulated response is fit to all measured displacements and can be simulated with either bouwer and rice 1976 or kgs model butler and garnett, 2000. Aqtesolv a suite of tools estimate aquifer parameters to analyze movement and quantity of ground water, and to evaluate pump slug well test results. Water and groundwater software groundwater wells software. Slug test responses coincide regardless of initial displacement during each test. An aquifer test or a pumping test is conducted to evaluate an aquifer by stimulating the aquifer through constant pumping, and observing the aquifers response in observation wells.
In support of conservation efforts across the nation, nrcs works with land owners in the disciplines of hydrology and hydraulics. When slug tests are performed in high hydraulic conductivity materials or in wells with a very long water column above the screen or open interval, the water level response frequently oscillates rapidly. Geological survey usgs to be used in the public interest and the advancement of science. Download tools and models here, as well as significant technical information developed over the lifetime of the agency. For problems downloading these spreadsheets, or any part of this report, please email the nevada district public information assistant or call 775 8877649. A slug test is a particular type of aquifer test where water is quickly added or removed from a groundwater well, and the change in hydraulic head is monitored through time, to determine the nearwell aquifer characteristics. Estimate hydrologic parameters that govern groundwater flow. A suite of tools to analyze movement and quantity of ground water, estimate aquifer parameters and to evaluate pump slug well test results. Slug testing for site characterization midwest geosciences group. Super slug slug test analysis software bouwer and rice automatic. Analysis and evaluation of pumping test data second edition completely revised g.
Both approaches involve the graphical matching of theoretical type curves to plots of slug test response data. Whether in the fields of academia, consulting, planning, or exploration, in the public, private, or government sectors, this book is sine qua non for the practicing hydrogeologist. This is accomplished by displacing a known volume of water from a well and measuring the artificial fluctuation of the groundwater level. What you get is a flexible environment to determine the hydraulic properties of your aquifer and produce customizable reports. Analyze test data from pumping tests, slug tests and lugeon tests.
Scientific software group is the premier provider of groundwater software, environmental software, groundwater modeling software, surface water modeling software, hydrology software, hydraulic engineering software, geotechnical software, borehole log software, surface mapping and contouring software, bioremediation, natural attenuation, storm water modeling, and air dispersion modeling. A 1day, aquifer test class will cover fundamental concepts of aquifersystem responses to pumping and slugging wells. Technical guidance manual for ground water investigations. It is a method used by hydrogeologists and civil engineers to determine the transmissivityhydraulic conductivity and storativity of the material the well is completed in. A slug test involves inducing a rapid change in water level in a test well see note. One of the inconsistencies is usually in the estimation of the initial excess head. However, the quality control on slug testing has been less than ideal, calling into question the results obtained many times.
Computer programs are available to evaluate slug test data. Aquifertest is an easytouse software package for analyzing, interpreting and visualizing pumping and slug test data. Aqtesolv offers sophisticated options for a vast array of aquifer test solutions for confined, unconfined, leaky and fractured aquifers. Improving the analysis of slug tests, journal of hydrology. Have confidence in your slug tests and pumping tests with equipment that delivers data you can trust with the speed and efficiency you need. Modflowbased integrated hydrologic flow model for the analysis of human. Aqqa software for plotting water quality graphs, evaluating water types, and performing simple water quality calculations. Slug testing is the quickest and most costeffective way of characterizing aquifer characteristics, and this book straightforwardly and concisely discusses the theory, performance, and analysis of the test methods most commonly used today. Super slug provides a draganddrop implementation of the cooper, bredehoeft, papadopulos type curve method. Choose subscription or perpetual license add software to cart and checkout pricing options see faq below mostpopular hydrology studio suite all the stormwater modeling tools youll need. The standard std version provides a set of pumping test and slug test solutions comparable to other commercially available software packages.
Essentially, for the well screen to limit slug test results, you need to place the well into a large cave or min void and the use a very large slug volume if you hope to measure the screen itself. This is the only slug test analysis method that will provide an estimate of aquifer storativity. We determine slug test measured hydraulic parameters by fitting the aquifer model data with a onedimensional uniformparameter slug test model. Unlike other aquifer test analysis software, often supporting a wide variety of different solution types e.
The slug test method is one of a number of different methods that are used to evaluate the permeability or hydraulic conductivity of an aquifer. Discrepancies between slug test responses primarily result from misestimated initial displacements. Hydrogeology soil and groundwater software solutions. Enable javascript in your browsers settings to view menus and other features on this site. Improving the analysis of slug tests slug testing is relatively easy and inexpensive to perform, so it has been widely done. The development and application of slug test in hydrogeology. Create data sets quickly and accurately using intuitive pumping test and slug test wizards that prompt you for information with helpful graphics and diagrams. Usually, test data are fitted visually to theoretical solutions. Analysis and evaluation of pumping test data hydrology.
A template wizard also lets you create new data sets from templates. Slug test analysis software aqtesolv is the most comprehensive slug test software for overdamped to underdamped rising head or falling head tests in confined, unconfined and fractured aquifers. Raw timewater level series are entered with mutiple slugs from a single well. Aqtesolv is used for the design and analysis of aquifer tests, including pump test, stepdrawdown tests, variablerate tests, recovery tests, singlewell tests and slug tests.
The tips hydrology success team provides leadership and direction to the smcra hydrology program by delivering software, training, and technical guidance to our customers on hydrology related issues. Aqtesolv for windows was the first program to combine visual and automatic curve matching for aquifer test analysis visual curve matching lets you determine aquifer properties by moving a type curve on the computer. The primary advantages of using slug tests to estimate hydraulic conductivities. Slug tests are used in groundwater hydrology to determine the hydraulic. The standard and professional versions of aqtesolv for windows allow you to choose the optimal set of aquifer test solutions for your needs visual and automatic curve matching. The transducer is placed in the well below the pre test waterlevel a sufficient depth to permit testing adding andor removing a slug of water.
Pumping test methods are specific to the hydrogeology of the area being evaluated and. Slug periods are identified and selected, normalized responses are plotted en masse. Gwpd 17conducting an instantaneous change in head slug. Aquifer testing is a common tool that hydrogeologists use to characterize a system of aquifers, aquitards and flow system boundaries a slug test is a variation on the typical aquifer test where an. Cooper et al shapiro and greene slug test analysis. Spreadsheets for the analysis of aquifertest and slugtest. The slug test is simpler and quicker than the theis pumping test because observation wells and pumping the well are not. The most commonly used method of interpreting slug test data by black 1978 requires considerable engineering judgement, and can potentially lead to inconsistency in its application.
Learn more waterloo hydrogeologic is located at 219 labrador dr. This report documents several spreadsheets that have been developed for the analysis of aquiferpumping test and slugtest data. A slug test is a common hydraulic test to estimate aquifer hydraulic parameters using the monitored recovery after a sudden change in hydraulic head at a borehole. This software and related material data and documentation are made available by the u. The slug test analysis software is a graphical interface used to model the data collected from a slug test conducted in direct push tools or conventional monitoring wells that provide either an over damped or underdamped response. The design, performance, and analysis of slug tests 1st. The procedure involves either adding or removi ng a measured quantity of water from a well rapidly, followed by making a rapid series of waterlevel measurements to assess the rate of waterlevel. Spreadsheets for the analysis of aquifertest and slugtest data. This report documents several spreadsheets that have been developed for the analysis of aquiferpumping test and slug test data. Program for research in hydrology for their financial support of this work.
Field conditions and limitations will be considered for measuring waterlevel and discharge data. Analyze pumping tests, slug tests, and recovery tests. We relate the parameters of the twodimensional aquifer model smallscale parameters to the slug test measured parameters using a spatial filter. Spreadsheets for the analysis of aquifertest and slug.
Partially penetrating b 100 ft h 50 ft l 15 ft r c 0. Data from more than 100 slug tests, including tests for low permeability glacial tills and fractured rock deposits, coarsegrained sand deposits, and simulated tests were analyzed. Designed by hydrogeologists for hydrogeologists, aquifertest delivers all the tools needed to accurately interpret data from all types of aquifers in all. Logiciel pour hydrog ologie pump test and slug test analysis package for determination of aquifer properties for windows. Most cost effective slug test sensor and data logger for hydrogeology permeability test.
Each spreadsheet incorporates analytical solutions of the partial differential equation for groundwater flow to a well for a specific type of condition or aquifer. During a slug test the water level in a well is changed rapidly, and the rate of. Singh, estimating storage coefficient and transmissivity from slug test data, journal of irrigation and drainage. Permeability values can approach very large values in limestone with caves. Kruseman senior hydrogeologist, tno institute of applied geoscience, delft n. An instrument datalogger records waterdepth above the transducer before, during, and after the slug is introduced. Slug tests for determining hydraulic conductivity of.
Streamline groundwater applications includes demo of pump test analysis software wolfram research publishers of mathematica. By measuring and recording the rate of return to static conditions recovery, one is able to estimate the local horizontal hydraulic conductivity of the material surrounding the well. A slug test involves the instantaneous injection or withdrawal of a volume or slug of water or solid cylinder of known volume. Murdoch, analysis of the hydromechanical behavior of a flatlying fracture during a slug test, journal of hydrology, 2007, 347, 12, 35crossref 14 prabhata k. Slug tests are used in groundwater hydrology to determine the hydraulic properties of confined, unconfined and fractured aquifers. I enjoyed the webinars on the hydrogeology of aquitards and low permeability materials and the webinar on slug testing for site characterization. Aqtesolv offers a vast array of aquifer test solutions for confined, unconfined, leaky and fractured aquifers with sophisticated options such as. Download citation the development and application of slug test in hydrogeology the slug test is a field testing method to evaluate hydrogeological parameters by recording the instantaneous. Slug test method measurement of hydraulic conductivity.
Kgsofr 200040simple procedures for analysis of slug tests. Consistent workflows adds professionalism to your work. Aqtesolv is the original allinone package for the design and analysis of aquifer tests, including pump test, stepdrawdown tests, variablerate tests, recovery tests, singlewell tests and slug tests. Nonlinear groundwater flow during a slug test in fractured. Typical control well configuration for slug test in unconfined aquifer with fully submerged well screen. Aqtesolv for windows features a comprehensive suite of analytical solutions for evaluating pumping test and slug test data in confined, unconfined, leaky and fractured aquifers. Pst pneumatic slug testing geoprobe systems developed the gw1600 pneumatic slug test kit for use with geoprobe brand groundwater sampling, profiling, and monitoring tools to conduct pneumatic slug tests in saturated formations of unconsolidated soils or sediments. With the slug test the hydraulic conductivity or transmissibility of an aquifer is determined from the rate of rise of the water level in a well after a certain volume or slug of water is suddenly removed from the well. Mlu aquifer test analysis mlu pumping test analysis. Effective characterization of general groundwater behavior, including recharge, storage, discharge and chemistry, requires equipment thats accurate and easy to use. Aquifertest pumping test and slug test analysis and. Analysis of slugtests with highfrequency oscillations. A graphical software package to visually calibrate onedimensional vs2dh models against measured data, and estimate vertical groundwatersurfacewater exchange.
A slug test is a controlled field experiment performed by groundwater hydrologists to estimate the hydraulic properties of aquifers and aquitards in which the water level in a control well is caused to change suddenly rise or fall and the subsequent waterlevel response. The slug test and pumping test wizards do a good job of walking the user through the data input. It is a method used by hydrogeologists and civil engineers to determine the transmissivity hydraulic conductivity and. Slug test responses are analyzed with kgs solution which ranges from underdamped to overdamped conditions. Hydraulic properties determined by slug tests are representative only of the material in the immediate vicinity of the well. Slug test analysis sageev 1986 water resources research.
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