An analytical approach to capture zone delineation for a well near a stream with a leaky layer

Asadi-Aghbolaghi, Mahdi; Rakhshandehroo, Gholamreza; Kompani-Zare, Mazda

doi:10.1080/02626667.2013.840725

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“…The effects of aquifer top and bottom impermeable boundaries were considered with adequate accuracy by using 401 Bimage wells^ (Theis 1941;Glover and Balmer 1954;Jenkins 1968;Bear 1972Bear , 1979Asadi-Aghbolaghi et al 2011;2013) above and below the real pumping well presented in Eqs. (5) and (6).…”

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Steady critical discharge rates from vertical and horizontal wells in fresh–saline aquifers with sharp interfaces

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In this study, the critical (or maximum) discharge rates before saline water enters a well were determined for vertical and horizontal wells in a freshwater aquifer which is separated from a static saline aquifer by a sharp interface. Flow around the well was solved by integration of a point sink solution along the well axis, and both the critical discharge rate and critical interface rise were determined through a comparison of the heads and vertical gradients at the saline-fresh water interface. The rates were determined for vertical and horizontal wells with various lengths and depths for different aquifer salinities. Results were generalized by drawing dimensionless type curves. The results showed that the dimensionless total critical discharge rates are higher for the longer horizontal wells and longer vertical wells with a certain bottom depth, and they almost linearly decrease with well depth at rates of 0.7-0.9. For the dimensionless well length of 0.2, the dimensionless total discharge rate of a horizontal well is about 0.1 more than that of a vertical well with the same length and well-top depth. Also, the critical discharge rates per unit length of well are inversely proportional to well length and remarkably higher for shallower wells. Additionally, the critical pumping rate is proportional to the salinity difference of the aquifers. These results were confirmed by comparison to existing solutions for vertical wells with dimensionless lengths of 0.2, 0.5 and 0.6, and for critical interface rises in the range of 0.75-0.9.

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Steady critical discharge rates from vertical and horizontal wells in fresh–saline aquifers with sharp interfaces

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“…The image well theory and graphical method was applied by many researchers to solve such problems (Barry et al, 2009;Asadi-Aghbolaghi et al, 2013;Galvão et al, 2017). However, these studies focused on the capture zone delineation, based on groundwater flow, pumping rates and position of pumping well.…”

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Modelling Well Location Between River and Second Contaminant Source in Riverbank Filtration Systems

Mustafa,

Bahar,

Abdul Aziz

et al. 2023

ASMScJ

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Extracting water from pumping well near to river in riverbank filtration systems leads to the natural treatment for surface water. To increase the system efficiency, the well should be located at a distance from the river in which the well can produce high percentage of river water that satisfies the requirements of water quality. In case the well is located between river and a contaminant source, its location should be relocated to a suitable place between the two sources. In this article, an analytical solution is produced to specify the suitable distance of pumping well and polluted river in a riverbank filtration systems if there is a contaminant source to the present well. The analytical solution is obtained by using Green’s function. This approach is chosen because of its simplicity for solving multidimensional problems, and its flexibility to deal with arbitrary initial and boundary conditions. The model is compared with numerical one obtained by using MODFLOW software. The results indicate that the location obtained from proposed model is suitable for use to determine the well location. Additionally, the results show that increasing either the pumping rate or initial contaminant concentration leads to an increment to the distance between river well.

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“…Strack () described the fundamentals of this method that is based on complex analysis. The method was applied in various groundwater modeling studies such as Barry et al (), Asadi‐Aghbolaghi et al () and Galvão et al (). However, these studies concerned about the capture zone delineation, based on pumping rates, groundwater flow, and well location.…”

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Analytical Modeling of Well Design in Riverbank Filtration Systems

Mustafa

Darwish

Bahar³

et al. 2019

Groundwater

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Analytical studies for well design adjacent to river banks are the most significant practical task in cases involving the efficiency of riverbank filtration systems. In times when high pollution of river water is joined with increasing water demand, it is necessary to design pumping wells near the river that provide acceptable amounts of river water with minimum contaminant concentrations. This will guarantee the quality and safety of drinking water supplies. This article develops an analytical solution based on the Green's function approach to solve an inverse problem: based on the required level of contaminant concentration and planned pumping time period, the shortest distance to the riverbank that has the maximum percentage of river water is determined. This model is developed in a confined and homogenous aquifer that is partially penetrated by the stream due to the existence of clogging layers. Initially, the analytical results obtained at different pumping times, rates and with different values of initial concentration are checked numerically using the MODFLOW software. Generally, the distance results obtained from the proposed model are acceptable. Then, the model is validated by data related to two pumping wells located at the first riverbank filtration pilot project conducted in Malaysia.

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An analytical approach to capture zone delineation for a well near a stream with a leaky layer

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

Steady critical discharge rates from vertical and horizontal wells in fresh–saline aquifers with sharp interfaces

Steady critical discharge rates from vertical and horizontal wells in fresh–saline aquifers with sharp interfaces

Modelling Well Location Between River and Second Contaminant Source in Riverbank Filtration Systems

Analytical Modeling of Well Design in Riverbank Filtration Systems

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