Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Back Close Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Groundwater compartmentalisation: a geochemical analysis of the structural controls on the subdivision of a major aquifer, Abstract Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures Bac...

We have developed a method for analytically solving the porous medium flow equation in many different geometries for horizontal (two-dimensional), homogeneous and isotropic aquifers containing impermeable boundaries and any number of pumping or injection wells located at arbitrary positions within the system. Solutions and results are presented for rectangular and circular aquifers but the meth...

A USGS investigation into the transport of contaminants to public-supply wells (PSWs) in four distinctly different aquifers demonstrates how differences in the chemistry of water produced by PSWs and nearby monitoring wells can reveal where and how contamination-susceptible water enters PSWs. This knowledge can be translated into improved monitoring strategies and protection plans. Samples were...

In this study, the general partial differential equation of unsteady groundwater flow through non-homogeneous and anisotropic aquifer was solved by the fully implicit finite difference method with control volume approach. The calibration of permeability and storage coefficients as model parameters was performed by a transformation technique and application of Powell's non-linear optimization me...

Intermontane basins in the Trans-Pecos region of westernmost Texas and northern Chihuahua, Mexico, are target areas for disposal of interstate municipal sludge and have been identified as possible disposal sites for low-level radioactive waste. Understanding ground water movement within and between these basins is needed to assess potential contaminant fate and movement. Four associated basin a...

Considering the fact that a large volume of iron reserve in the Sechahoon Iron Mine in Yazd Province has located under the water table, it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive study on water flow within the pit and its surroundings. The conceptual model of the aquifer was created using surface and underground geological information compared with water table data of the area of interest. In t...

Analytical studies are carried out to investigate groundwater head changes in a coastal aquifer system in response to tidal fluctuations. The system consists of an unconfined aquifer, a semi-confined aquifer and a semi-permeable confining unit between them. An exact analytical solution is derived to investigate the influences of both leakage and storage of the semi-permeable layer on the tide-i...

The aquifer thermal energy storage system (ATES) owing to growing demands for sustainable energy has become a popular technology in last few decades for long term storing of excess thermal energy. The efficiency of such a system depends entirely on the capacity of the aquifer to retain heat and hence modeling the heat transfer and transient temperature distribution in the aquifer due to hot wat...