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Interpreting Pumping Test Results in Complex Settings: Carbonate Bedrock:
AQUIFER TESTING ONLINE COURSE, MODULE 6

Discover and learn the most up-to-date information
about aquifer pumping test techniques from some of the most
recognized authorities in ground water.

Pre-Course Tutorial and Study Materials:

Registrants dive into the course experience with study materials and a self-assessment. The personalized experience allows each registrant to learn (1) at their own experience level, (2) at their own pace, and (3) and in a private setting except when they have questions or request extra tutorials.

Prelude to Module 6:

Registrants can prepare for Module 6 by reviewing the course slides coupled with thinking how past project performance relate to equipment requirements and outcome.

Carbonate rocks around the world are regionally extensive, with limestone and dolostone units identified over relatively large distances. The geologic settings described for sites may be similar, with common nomenclature. However, our recent experience in synthesizing data from several sites suggests that the groundwater flow regimes within these rocks are remarkably diverse.

Pumping tests have become both an important component and pragmatic strategy of site investigation practice for understanding the structure of a groundwater-flow system.

In this course module, data from aquifer tests conducted at several sites are examined from a diagnostic perspective. The results of the testing suggest that at least three conceptual models for groundwater flow may be distinguished: (1) complex systems of permeable features that approximate equivalent porous media, (2) discrete tabular flow zones, and (3) composite media that contain zones of cavernous porosity.

Results from step tests and constant rate pumping tests will be reviewed with attention directed to the inference of the site characteristics from the response to pumping. The course module also includes a discussion of the implications of the conceptual models for groundwater flow. The topics that will be covered include:

• Diagnostic plots to identify equivalent porous media response
• Interpretation of pumping tests in tabular systems
• Interpretation of pumping tests with discrete flow zones
• Interpretation of pumping tests in karstic settings

Register now for this unique online-offline course
that presents key insights about aquifer pumping tests
that are found no where else online.

Whether you want to apply aquifer pumping tests to hydrogeologic characterization, water supply development or remediation design, this module will provide attendees with information that is not available elsewhere on the web.