{"id":91,"date":"2019-11-27T15:28:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/?p=91"},"modified":"2019-11-28T02:59:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T02:59:00","slug":"heterogeneity-and-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/heterogeneity-and-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Heterogeneity and Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TwoK_wells-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TwoK_wells-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TwoK_wells-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TwoK_wells-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/TwoK_wells-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Objectives: Determine the effective hydraulic conductivity of a heterogeneous aquifer to quantify groundwater discharge.  <br> 1. The world of geology is complex and aquifer are typically not made up of homogeneous materials.&nbsp; As a result, we must find ways to approximate aquifer heterogeneity in order to quantify groundwater discharge.&nbsp; In this problem there are two wells drilled into two different aquifer materials.&nbsp; For illustrative purposes there is a sharp vertical interface between the two materials. &nbsp;Using the foldable aquifer model address the following problems. <br><br> A. Determine effective hydraulic conductivity of the total aquifer in the direction of groundwater flow.&nbsp;  <br><br> B.&nbsp; Calculate the groundwater discharge (Q) across the aquifer.  <br><br> C.&nbsp; Draw the equipotential lines between the wells with an increment of 5 m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells.png 791w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells-768x559.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells.pdf\">Foldable Aquifer Model<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Equiv_K_between_Wells.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/4.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This work is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives: Determine the effective hydraulic conductivity of a heterogeneous aquifer to quantify groundwater discharge. 1. The world of geology is complex and aquifer are typically not made up of homogeneous materials.&nbsp; As a result, we must find ways to approximate aquifer heterogeneity in order to quantify groundwater discharge.&nbsp; In this problem there are two wells &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/heterogeneity-and-wells\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heterogeneity and Wells&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hydraulic-conductivity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}