<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Single well test is more common than aquifer test with having observation well, since the advantage of single well test is that the pumping test can be conducted on the production well with the absence of observation well. A kind of single well test, which is step-drawdown test used to determine the efficiency and specific capacity of the well, however in case of single well test it is possible to estimate Transmissivity, but the other parameter which is Storativity is overestimated, so the aim of this study is to analyze four pumping test data located in KAWRGOSK area by using cooper-Jacob’s (1946) time drawdown approximation of Theis method to estimate the aquifer parameters, also in order to determine the reasons which are affecting the reliability of the Storativity value and obtain the important aspect behind that in practice.</p></abstract>

Single well test is more common than aquifer test with having observation well, since the advantage of single well test is that the pumping test can be conducted on the production well with the absence of observation well. A kind of single well test, which is step-drawdown test used to determine the efficiency and specific capacity of the well, however in case of single well test it is possible to estimate Transmissivity, but the other parameter which is Storativity is overestimated, so the aim of this study is to analyze four pumping test data located in KAWRGOSK area by using cooper-Jacob’s (1946) time drawdown approximation of Theis method to estimate the aquifer parameters, also in order to determine the reasons which are affecting the reliability of the Storativity value and obtain the important aspect behind that in practice.

Performing Pumping Test Data Analysis Applying Cooper-Jacob’s Method for Estimating of the Aquifer Parameters

Assist. Prof. PhD, Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Engineer, General Directorate of Dams and Reservoirs, Ministry of agricultural and water resources, Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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Single well test is more common than aquifer test with having observation well, since the advantage of single well test is that the pumping test can be...

Performing Pumping Test Data Analysis Applying Cooper-Jacob’s Method for Estimating of the Aquifer Parameters

Published Online: Jun 29, 2016

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmce-2016-0006

Keywords
aquifer parameters, single well test, Cooper-Jacob’s straight line method

© 2016 Dana Khider Mawlood et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Performing Pumping Test Data Analysis Applying Cooper-Jacob’s Method for Estimating of the Aquifer Parameters

Published Online: Jun 29, 2016

Page range: 9 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mmce-2016-0006

Keywordsaquifer parameters, single well test, Cooper-Jacob’s straight line method

© 2016 Dana Khider Mawlood et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
aquifer parameters, single well test, Cooper-Jacob’s straight line method