Simulated drawdown for selected well fields in the Ohio River alluvial aquifer

Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-2
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Abstract

Drawdown due to pumping was simulated for three sites in the alluvial aquifer adjacent to the Ohio River by digital modeling techniques. Two well-field arrangements were used at each site. The initial well-field arrangement at each site consisted of three wells located in a line parallel to the Ohio River. The simulated wells were 350 feet (107m) apart and 500 feet (152m) from the river. Pumping was simulated at a rate of 1,500 gal min-1 (5,678 1 min-1) for 256 days. The second well-field arrangement allowed comparison of drawdown between the initial well-field arrangement and (a) wells located 350 feet (107m) nearer the river, (b) additional wells, located between the initial well field and the bedrock valley wall and (c) wells located on a line perpendicular to the river rather than parallel to the river. A verification procedure for the digital model based on observed aquifer response to a flood on the Ohio River is included as an appendix.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Simulated drawdown for selected well fields in the Ohio River alluvial aquifer
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 74-2
DOI 10.3133/wri742
Year Published 1975
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description v, 38 p.
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Daviess County, Hancock County
Other Geospatial Ohio River Alluvial Aquifer
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