- The document discusses equations for analyzing groundwater flow in confined and unconfined aquifers.
- For confined aquifers, the continuity equation is integrated over the aquifer thickness to derive an equation using transmissivity. Examples are presented of steady horizontal and radial flow.
- For unconfined aquifers, Dupuit assumptions are used and the continuity equation is solved for steady 1D flow using the water table elevation. Worked examples are provided for both confined and unconfined cases.
1. Ground Water Occurrence
2. Types of Aquifers
3. Aquifer Parameters
4. Darcy’s Law
5. Measurement of Coefficient of Permeability of Soil
6. Types of Wells
7. Well Construction
8. Well Development
This is a lecture on well hydraulics. The basics of flow towards the well in confined and unconfined aquifers. Well interactions. Method of images. Flow nets in case of multiple wells. Superposition theory for multiple wells.
It includes the definition, properties, classification of groundwater with appropriate examples and figures in details. It also deals about the formation of groundwater. The properties of aquifers (all of 7) are described here in details with figures and mathematical terms.
1. Ground Water Occurrence
2. Types of Aquifers
3. Aquifer Parameters
4. Darcy’s Law
5. Measurement of Coefficient of Permeability of Soil
6. Types of Wells
7. Well Construction
8. Well Development
This is a lecture on well hydraulics. The basics of flow towards the well in confined and unconfined aquifers. Well interactions. Method of images. Flow nets in case of multiple wells. Superposition theory for multiple wells.
It includes the definition, properties, classification of groundwater with appropriate examples and figures in details. It also deals about the formation of groundwater. The properties of aquifers (all of 7) are described here in details with figures and mathematical terms.
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock. Water-bearing rocks are permeable, meaning that they have openings that liquids and gases can pass through. Sedimentary rock such as sandstone, as well as sand and gravel, are examples of water-bearing rock.
A pumping test is a field experiment in which a well is pumped at a controlled rate and water-level response (drawdown) is measured in one or more surrounding observation wells and optionally in the pumped well (control well) itself; response data from pumping tests are used to estimate the hydraulic properties of aquifers, evaluate well performance and identify aquifer boundaries.
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock. Water-bearing rocks are permeable, meaning that they have openings that liquids and gases can pass through. Sedimentary rock such as sandstone, as well as sand and gravel, are examples of water-bearing rock.
A pumping test is a field experiment in which a well is pumped at a controlled rate and water-level response (drawdown) is measured in one or more surrounding observation wells and optionally in the pumped well (control well) itself; response data from pumping tests are used to estimate the hydraulic properties of aquifers, evaluate well performance and identify aquifer boundaries.
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available freshwater in the world is groundwater.[1] A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock become completely saturated with water is called the water table. Groundwater is recharged from the surface; it may discharge from the surface naturally at springs and seeps, and can form oases or wetlands. Groundwater is also often withdrawn for agricultural, municipal, and industrial use by constructing and operating extraction wells. The study of the distribution and movement of groundwater is hydrogeology, also called groundwater hydrology.
Typically, groundwater is thought of as water flowing through shallow aquifers, but, in the technical sense, it can also contain soil moisture, permafrost (frozen soil), immobile water in very low permeability bedrock, and deep geothermal or oil formation water. Groundwater is hypothesized to provide lubrication that can possibly influence the movement of faults. It is likely that much of Earth's subsurface contains some water, which may be mixed with other fluids in some instances.
Groundwater is often cheaper, more convenient and less vulnerable to pollution than surface water. Therefore, it is commonly used for public water supplies. For example, groundwater provides the largest source of usable water storage in the United States, and California annually withdraws the largest amount of groundwater of all the states.[2] Underground reservoirs contain far more water than the capacity of all surface reservoirs and lakes in the US, including the Great Lakes. Many municipal water supplies are derived solely from groundwater.[3] Over 2 billion people rely on it as their primary water source worldwide.[4]
Use of groundwater has related environmental issues. For example, polluted groundwater is less visible and more difficult to clean up than pollution in rivers and lakes. Groundwater pollution most often results from improper disposal of wastes on land. Major sources include industrial and household chemicals and garbage landfills, excessive fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture, industrial waste lagoons, tailings and process wastewater from mines, industrial fracking, oil field brine pits, leaking underground oil storage tanks and pipelines, sewage sludge and septic systems. Additionally, groundwater is susceptible to saltwater intrusion in coastal areas and can cause land subsidence when extracted unsustainably, leading to sinking cities (like Bangkok)) and loss in elevation (such as the multiple meters lost in the Central Valley of California). These issues are made more complicated by sea level rise and other changes caused by climate changes which will affect the water cycle.
Simulation of Pollution Transport in Coastal Aquifers under Tidal MovementsAmro Elfeki
). Simulation of Pollution Transport in Coastal Aquifers under Tidal Movements. Presented at the Workshop on Environmental Pollution at Coastal Areas, Organized by Water Recourses Center at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Modeling dispersion under unsteady groundwater flow conditionsAmro Elfeki
This presentation is for and MSc Student working on some of the projects at TU Delft. The thesis title is: Modeling dispersion under unsteady groundwater flow conditions.
Hybrid optimization of pumped hydro system and solar- Engr. Abdul-Azeez.pdffxintegritypublishin
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Welcome to WIPAC Monthly the magazine brought to you by the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's edition, along with this month's industry news to celebrate the 13 years since the group was created we have articles including
A case study of the used of Advanced Process Control at the Wastewater Treatment works at Lleida in Spain
A look back on an article on smart wastewater networks in order to see how the industry has measured up in the interim around the adoption of Digital Transformation in the Water Industry.
2. Summary
• General Groundwater Flow
– Control Volume Analysis
– General Continuity Equation
• Confined Aquifer Flow
– Continuity Equation
– Integrate over vertical dimension
– Transmissivity
– Continuity
– Examples
• Unconfined Aquifer Flow
– Darcy Law
– Continuity Equation
– Examples
3. Control Volume
• Control volume of dimensions Dx, Dy, Dz
• Completely saturated with a fluid of density r
x
yz
Mass flux in Mass flux out
2
x
x
D
2
x
x
D
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
xD
x
yD
zD
Control
volume
4. Mass Flux
• Mass flux = Mass in - Mass out:
mass flux in mass flux out2
x
x
D
2
x
x
D
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
xD
x
yD
zD
rqx -
¶ rqx( )
¶x
Dx
2
é
ë
ê
ù
û
úDyDz - rqx +
¶ rqx( )
¶x
Dx
2
é
ë
ê
ù
û
úDyDz = -
¶ rqx( )
¶x
DV
Mass fluxMass in Mass out
5. Mass Flux
• Mass flux =
• Continuity: Mass flux = change of mass
• Fluid mass in the volume:
• Continuity
mass flux in mass flux out2
x
x
D
2
x
x
D
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
2
)( x
x
q
q x
x
D
r
r
xD
x
yD
zD
-
¶ rqx( )
¶x
DV
m =frDV
Mass flux change of mass
9. Horizontal Aquifer Flow
• Most aquifers are thin
compared to horizontal
extent
– Flow is horizontal, qx and qy
– No vertical flow, qz = 0
– Average properties over
aquifer thickness (b)
h(x,y,t)=
1
b
h(x,y,z,t)dz
0
b
ò
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K
x
yz
h
Head in confined aquifer
Confining Layer
b
qx(x,y,t)=
1
b
qx(x,y,z,t)dz
0
b
ò Qx = bqx
10. Aquifer Transmissivity
• Transmissivity (T)
– Discharge through thickness of
aquifer per unit width per unit
head gradient
– Product of conductivity and
thickness
Hydraulic
gradient = 1 m/m
b
1 m
1 m
1 m
Transmissivity, T, volume
of water flowing an area 1
m x b under hydraulic
gradient of 1 m/m
Conductivity, K, volume of water
flowing an area 1 m x 1 m under
hydraulic gradient of 1 m/m
11. Continuity Equation
• Continuity equation
• Darcy’s Law
• Continuity
-
¶Qx
¶x
= S
¶h
¶t
Qx = -Tx
¶h
¶x
¶
¶x
Tx
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = S
¶h
¶t
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K
x
yz
h
Head in confined aquifer
Confining Layer
b
1
r
¶
¶r
r
¶h
¶r
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ =
S
T
¶h
¶t
Radial Coordinates
12. Example – Horizontal Flow
• Consider steady flow from left to right in a confined aquifer
• Find: Head in the aquifer, h(x)
¶
¶x
T
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = S
¶h
¶t
= 0
T
d2
h
¶x2
= 0
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K
x
yz
hB
Confining Layer
b
hA
L
steady flow
h(x)
13. Example – Horizontal Flow
• L = 1000 m, hA = 100 m, hB = 80 m, K = 20 m/d, f = 0.35
• Find: head, specific discharge, and average velocity
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K=2-m/d
x
yz
hB=80m
Confining Layer
b
hA=100m
L=1000m
15. Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
• Dupuit approximations
– Slope of the water table is small
– Velocities are horizontal
Ground surface
Bedrock
Unconfined aquifer
Water table
Dx
Qx
K
h
x
yz
Qx = qxh = (-K
¶h
¶x
)h
-
¶Qx
¶x
= Sy
¶h
¶t
¶
¶x
Kh
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = Sy
¶h
¶t
16. Steady Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
• 1-D flow
• Steady State,
• K = constant
• Find h(x)
¶
¶x
Kh
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = Sy
¶h
¶t
h
FlowhA
hB
Water Table
Ground Surface
Bedrock L
x
17. Steady Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
• K = 10-1 cm/sec
• L = 150 m
• hA = 6.5 m
• hB = 4 m
• x = 150 m
• Find h(x), Q
h
FlowhA=6.5m
hB=4m
Water Table
Ground Surface
Bedrock L=150m
x
K=0.1cm/s
18. Summary
• General Groundwater Flow
– Control Volume Analysis
– General Continuity Equation
• Confined Aquifer Flow
– Continuity Equation
– Integrate over vertical dimension
– Transmissivity
– Continuity
– Examples
• Unconfined Aquifer Flow
– Darcy Law
– Continuity Equation
– Examples
20. Example – Horizontal Flow
• Consider steady flow from left to right in a confined aquifer
• Find: Head in the aquifer, h(x)
¶
¶x
T
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = S
¶h
¶t
= 0
T
d2
h
¶x2
= 0
h(x) = hA +
hB - hA
L
x
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K
x
yz
hB
Confining Layer
b
hA
L
steady flow
Head in the aquifer
h(x)
21. Example – Horizontal Flow
• L = 1000 m, hA = 100 m, hB = 80 m, K = 20 m/d, f = 0.35
• Find: head, specific discharge, and average velocity
h(x) = hA +
hB - hA
L
x =100- 0.02x m q = -K
hB - hA
L
= -(20 m/d)
80 -100
1000
= 0.4 m/day
v =
q
f
=1.14 m/day
Ground surface
Bedrock
Confined aquifer
Qx
K=2-m/d
x
yz
hB=80m
Confining Layer
b
hA=100m
L=1000m
22. Steady Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
• 1-D flow
• Steady State,
• K = constant
¶
¶x
Kh
¶h
¶x
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = Sy
¶h
¶t
d
dx
Kh
dh
dx
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = 0
h2
(x) = hA
2
+(
hB
2
- hA
2
L
)x
h
FlowhA
hB
Water Table
Ground Surface
Bedrock L
x
Q = (-K
dh
dx
)h = -
K
2
dh2
dx
= -
K
2
hB
2
- hA
2
L
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷
23. Steady Flow in an Unconfined Aquifer
• K = 10-1 cm/sec
• L = 150 m
• hA = 6.5 m
• hB = 4 m
• x = 150 m
• Find Q
h
FlowhA=6.5m
hB=4m
Water Table
Ground Surface
Bedrock L=150m
x
Q = -
K
2
hB
2
- hA
2
L
æ
è
ç
ö
ø
÷ = -
86.4 m/d
2
6.52
- 42
150
æ
è
ç
ç
ö
ø
÷
÷
= 7.56 m3
/d /m
K=0.1cm/s