title: An analytical method to determine ground water supply well network designs.
abstract: An analytical method is provided where the ground water practitioner can quickly determine the size (number of wells) and spacing of a well network capable of meeting a known ground water demand. In order to apply the method, two new parameters are derived that relate theoretical drawdown to the maximum drawdown that is achievable without mining the aquifer. The size of a well network is shown to be proportional to the ground water demand and inversely proportional to the transmissivity and available head. The spacing between wells in a supply well network is shown to be most sensitive to a derived parameter r(HA/3) , which is related to the available head and the propagation of drawdown away from a theoretical well if the total ground water demand was applied to that well. The method can be used to quickly determine the required spacing between wells in well networks of various sizes that are completed in confined aquifers with no leakance.
authors.affiliation: Matrix Solutions Inc.; Suite 200, 150 - 13 Avenue SW, Calwary, Alberta Canada. gordm@matrix-solutions.com
authors.forename: Gordon James
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: MacMillan
mesh_terms: D060587:Groundwater; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014881:Water Supply; D060986:Water Wells