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C01_AQoverview+ObservationWells
- Introduction and overview of aquifer testing
- Effect of real wells on observed changes
C02_SingleWell_SLUGS
- Review theory of slug testing, Present methods of analyzing overdamped and underdamped slug tests
- CLASS EXERCISE–Analyze example overdamped and underdamped slug tests
- Compare small-scale pumping test and slug test results
- Opportunistically interpret recovery data in low-permeability rocks
C03_SingleWell_PUMPING
- DemReview Cooper-Jacob approximation of Theis solution, introduce workbook solution, and extend Cooper-Jacob to analysis of recovery data
- Introduce Jacob-Lohman analysis of constant drawdown
- CLASS EXERCISE–Analyze single-well drawdown and recovery with Cooper-Jacob and Cooper-Jacob recovery approaches
C04_StepTest_PUMPING
- Introduce step tests for characterizing well performance and estimating transmissivity
- Demonstrate that transmissivity should be reported
- Discuss complications from thermal expansion
- Explain effects of turbulent losses in aquifer on interpretation of drawdowns in open boreholes
- CLASS EXERCISE–Analyze step test
C05_MultipleWell+DDestimation
- Present interpretative approach for multiple-well aquifer test
- Detecting smaller drawdowns with water-level models and expanding investigated volumes
- Demonstrate effects of well and piezometer design on water-level monitoring
C06_Context+QuickEstimates+Application
- Integrating aquifer-test results with simulated hydraulic conductivities in groundwater-flow models
- Show robustness of relation between specific capacity and transmissivity
- Create KML file from NDWR well-log data with hyperlink to PDF of each posted well log
C07_AquiferTestReporting
- Review guidelines for documenting aquifer-test results and examples
