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This exercise demonstrates analysis of recovery data, using the Agarwal solution, new to
AquiferTest. In addition, the Data Logger Wizard feature will be demonstrated. This exercise
assumes that you are familiar with the program interface; feel free to return to Exercise 1 for the
basics on navigating AquiferTest.
[1] Start AquiferTest or, if you already have the program open, create a new project.
[2] In the Pumping Test tab enter the following information:
Project Information frame
· Project name: Exercise 3: Agarwal Recovery
· Project No.: 3
· Client: ABC
· Location: Your Town
Pumping Test frame
· Name: Agarwal Recovery
· Performed by: Your Name
· Date: filled in automatically
Units frame
· Site Plan: m
· Dimensions: m
· Time: s
3
· Discharge: m /s
2
· Transmissivity: m /s
· Pressure: mbar
Aquifer Properties frame
· Aquifer Thickness: 20 m
· Type: Unknown
· Bar. Eff. (BE): Leave blank
[3] The new project will contain one pumping well, by default. Set the parameters for this well as
follows:
Well 1
· Name: PW
· Type: Pumping Well
· X: 0
· Y: 0
Next, create a new well. Click on the “Click here” link to add a new well to the table. Define the
parameters for this new well, as follows:
Well 2
· Name: OW1
· Type: Observation well
· X:10
· Y: 0
[4] Click on the Discharge tab
[5] Select Constant discharge
[6] Enter the value 0.0015 in the "required" field beside
[7] Click on the Water Levels tab
[8] Highlight “OW1” in the wells list in the top left corner of the tab. For this well, you will import the
time-water level data from a data logger file.
[9] Select File/Import/ Import Data Logger file from the main menu
[10] Browse to the folder “...\Users\Public\Documents\AquiferTest Pro\Exercise Files" and select the
Exercise3.asc file.
[11] Highlight the file and click Open. This will launch the 6-step data logger import wizard.
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[12] In the first step, select a set of settings saved in a previous import session. This is a great time
saver when importing many files with similar format. Since there are no existing settings, you
define the required settings manually.
The first window also allows you to select the row from which to start importing. If you have
headers in the first row you can start importing from row 2. There are no headers in this file so
you can leave everything as it is.
Click [Next].
[13] In Step 2, specify the delimiters. Un-check the box beside Tab and check the one beside Space.
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Click [Next]
[14] In Step 3, specify the Date column and the format in which the date is entered. Click on the first
column to mark it as DATE and in the drop-down menu below choose Month Day Year. Your
screen should look similar to the one shown below.
Click Next
[15] In Step 4, specify the Time column. Click on the header above the second column.
Click [Next]
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[16] In Step 5, specify the Water Level column. Click on the header above the third column. Use the
default units of m (meters).
In addition, use the default co-ordinate system of Top of Casing Datum.
Click [Next].
[17] In Step 6, there are options to specify the start time, and data filtering options. The data loggers
usually record measurements at pre-set time intervals and as such, record many repetitive water
level measurements. To import so much redundant data slows down the processing speed. The
data can be filtered by time or by change in water level.
Select the radio button beside the By change in Water Level (m) and enter 0.01.
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Click [Import]
[18] A dialog box will appear, indicating 233 data points have been imported.
Click OK
[19] Enter Static Water level as 2.0
[20] Click on the (Refresh) button in the toolbar, to refresh the graph. The calculated drawdown
appears in the Drawdown column and a graph of the drawdown appears to the right of the data.
[21] Move to the Analysis tab.
[22] Select OW1 from the Data from window
[23] In the Analysis Name field, type “Agarwal Recovery”
[24] The graph below shows the Drawdown and recovery data
.
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[25] Check the box beside the Recovery period only under the Data from window
[26] A following message will appear:
The recovery test requires that you define the time when the pumping stopped. To do this, use
the variable discharge rate option as described below.
[27] Return to the Discharge tab
[28] Select Variable in the Discharge frame
[29] For this pumping test, the pump was shut off after 30,000 s. In the first cells of the Time and
Discharge columns type in 30000 and 0.0015 respectively.
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[30] Return to the Analysis tab
[31] You can see that the graph has refreshed, displaying only the recovery portion of the data.
[32] Change the Scale of the Time axis to “logarithm”
[33] Press the Fit button to perform autofit to the data.
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[34] The data and the curve fit quite well together, however if you wish you can use the Parameter
Controls to manually adjust the curve fit.
[35] The calculated parameter values should be similar to the following:
· Transmissivity = 5.01 E-4 m2/s
· Storativity = 1.17 E-5
[36] Print the desired reports by selecting the Reports tab and checking the boxes beside the reports
you wish to print.
[37] Click on the (Print) button in the tool bar, or select File/Print from the main menu.
[38] Save your project by clicking on the (Save) icon or selecting File/Save as from the main
menu.
This concludes the exercise. The next exercise will deal with multiple pumping wells. You have the
choice of exiting AquiferTest or proceeding to the next exercise.
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