Estimating aquifer properties using groundwater hydrograph modelling

V Shapoori; T Peterson; A Western; J COSTELLOE

Journal article

Estimating aquifer properties using groundwater hydrograph modelling

V Shapoori, T Peterson, A Western, J COSTELLOE

Hydrological Processes | Wiley: 12 months | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10583

Abstract

Estimation of aquifer hydraulic properties is essential for predicting the response of an aquifer to extractions and hence estimating the availability of the groundwater resources. Aquifer tests are commonly used for the estimation of aquifer properties; however, they can be expensive and often only characterize the short-term response of the aquifer. This paper presents a time series modelling approach to estimating aquifer hydraulic properties. It is applied to 42 bores monitoring an unconfined aquifer within an irrigation region of south-eastern Australia, and the resulting probabilistic estimate of hydraulic properties are evaluated against pumping test estimates. It is demonstrated that..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful for the financial support received from the Australian Research Council (grant numbers: LP0991280 and LP130100958), the Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria, Australia; the Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia; and the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia. The authors also thank Mr. Andrew Harrison and Mr. Terry Flynn for providing the pumping data and information on previous work.