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A method to estimate aquifer characteristics has been developed by conducting pumping tests. The method requires long-duration pumping tests on a confined aquifer with significant seasonal water-table fluctuations. The interpretation of pumping tests under initial conditions provides information on the change in hydrodynamic parameters in relation to the initial water-table level. Aquifer characteristics like Transmissivity, permeability and storage coefficient were determined by conducting pumping tests. The transmissivity linearly decreases compared with the initial water level, suggesting a homogeneous distribution of hydraulic conductivity with depth. The hydraulic conductivity is estimated from the slope of this linear relationship. The extrapolation of the relationship between transmissivity and water level provides an estimate of the aquifer thickness. The hydraulically active part of the aquifer is located in both the weathered and the underlying densely fractured zones of the crystalline basement. However, no significant relationship is found between the aquifer storage coefficient and initial water level.
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Kuntamalla, S., Sakram, G., Madhusudhan, N., Srinivas, E. (2019). Estimating Aquifer Characteristics by Conducting Pumping Tests: A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach in South Western Part of Mahbubnagar District, Telangana State, India. In: Rao, P., Rao, K., Kubo, S. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Remote Sensing for Disaster Management. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77276-9_53
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