CIVE316
Sustainable Water Engineering
Unit 5:
Supplementary Lecture
Unit 5 (Week 6) CIVE316 -- Ping Dong -- 1
, Topics
• Aquifer properties
• Determination of Aquifer
properties
• Application of Darcy Law
Unit 5 (Week 6) CIVE316 -- Ping Dong -- 2
, Aquifer Storage Parameters
Storativity or Storage Coefficient (S):
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
Specific Storage (Ss) :
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
Unit Volume
Sustainable Water Engineering
Unit 5:
Supplementary Lecture
Unit 5 (Week 6) CIVE316 -- Ping Dong -- 1
, Topics
• Aquifer properties
• Determination of Aquifer
properties
• Application of Darcy Law
Unit 5 (Week 6) CIVE316 -- Ping Dong -- 2
, Aquifer Storage Parameters
Storativity or Storage Coefficient (S):
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
Specific Storage (Ss) :
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟
𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 × 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒
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