EDWARDS AQUIFER EVALUATION: KINNEY COUNTY,TEXAS1

ABSTRACT: The Edwards Aquifer is one of the most studied and most prolific aquifers in the United States. The aquifer is a heavily fractured and faulted carbonate aquifer with transmissivities in excess of 100 ft²/s. The City of San Antonio relies upon the Edwards Aquifer as its sole source for water. Much work has been done on quantifying recharge to the aquifer and discharge from wells and acquiring aquifer characteristics from pumping tests, specific capacity tests, and geophysical logs. Although the aquifer has been well studied in Bexar County, much less is known about the Edwards Aquifer in Kinney County. This is partly due to the lower population within the county (approximately 3,500 people) relative to the eastern counties (Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, and Hays) and the great distance of Kinney County from high profile discharge areas such as the City of San Antonio and Comal and San Marcos Springs. Three key products resulted from this study: (1) exploratory well drilling and the largest aquifer test in the county that were conducted to evaluate the well yields within a 10,000 acre study area in which a drawdown of 2.5 ft approximately 1.2 miles away was observed while pumping at approximately 4,600 gpm; (2) a recharge estimate for the Edwards Aquifer within Kinney County of approximately 71,382 ac‐ft/yr; and (3) locating the Brackettville Groundwater Divide from an evaluation of ground water flow direction and hydrograph analysis. These results help evaluate the complex hydraulics occurring within Kinney County and aid in development of ground water modeling that will be used in managing the Edwards Aquifer.     

DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF AQUIFER SYSTEMS TO LOCALIZED RECHARGE1

ABSTRACT. The response of stream-unconfined aquifer systems to localized recharge is investigated by means of a two-dimensional finite element model. A variational approach is used in conjunction with the finite element method to solve the ground water flow equation. Linear approximated triangular elements are used to calculate the hydraulic head distribution in the flow region. The Crank-Nicholson centered scheme of numerical integration is employed to approximate the time derivative in the flow equation. A computer program is developed to calculate the hydraulic head distribution in the flow region. Solutions provided by the finite element model should prove useful in the evaluation of quantitative and qualitative changes in aquifer systems due to natural or artificial recharge. In addition, they should prove useful in the study of irrigation and drainage problems.     

河北平原地下水水化学演化

河北平原自上世纪七十年代以来,随着工农业迅速发展及城市化进程的加快,人们开始大规模开发利用地下水资源,造成河北平原地下水补给、径流、排泄条件发生改变,从而引起地下水水化学特征发生一系列演化。     

渗滤湿地系统的工艺设计

本研究是以占地6公顷,日处理污水1400m~3的渗滤型芦苇湿地实验工程为依托,采用静态模拟与工程运转相结合的方法,着重对污水湿地处理系统BOD_5的生物降解模型进行研究,建立了确定Q值和K_T值的方法,提出了适于天津渗滤湿地系统的Q值和K_T值,为湿地系统设计提供了重要的科学依据.     

MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR CONJUNCTIVE USE STUDY OF THE SAN JACINTO BASIN,CALIFORNIA1

ABSTRACT: A two-layered confined-unconfined numerical model for flow and mass transport is developed for the San Jacinto Basin. The model structure is determined by the geological structure of the Basin and model parameters are calibrated using 20 years of historical records. The total number of historical head observations used for the flow model calibration is 1,117 and the total number of the estimated parameters is 91. The two-layered transport model is also calibrated using historical water quality records. Sensitivity analysis of the flow model shows that only 68 parameters (out of a total of 91) are relatively sensitive and reliable. However, the unreliable parameters (23 of them) are found to be insensitive and thus not significant to the prediction and management of conjunctive use of surface water and ground water. The developed flow model has been used to study the two proposed artificial recharge scenarios for the San Jacinto Basin. We have found that during a relatively dry condition, an artificial recharge rate of 80 acre-ft/day can be achieved during the recharge period October through January. However, for a relatively wet condition, only 80 percent of the proposed rate can be effectively stored in the Basin during these months.     

ARTIFICIAL GROUND WATER RECHARGE EXPERIMENTS IN CARBONATE AND CLASTIC AQUIFERS OF KUWAIT1

ABSTRACT: Injection of water and subsequent withdrawal were carried out in three existing water wells (SU-10, C-105, and SU-135A) in Kuwait. The objective of the study was to assess the technical feasibility of artificial recharge in the carbonate Dammam Formation and the clastic Kuwait Group aquifers. In the absence of any pretreatment of injection water and measures for maintenance of line pressure, clogging from suspended solids and air entrapment occurred in all three experiments. It was, however, possible to inject for one month in Wells SU-10 and C-105 where injection took place in the Dammam aquifer. In Well SU-135A, where the Kuwait Group aquifer was the target for injection, clogging became so severe that the injection experiment had to be abandoned. The injection/withdrawal data were analyzed with the help of a multi-aquifer flow model and a transport model. The models took into account the effects of crossflow within the boreholes on the distribution of intake and discharge rates for different aquifers, and hence, on the recovery efficiency. The experiments suggested that the artificial recharge of the Dammam and the Kuwait Group aquifers was technically feasible. The problem of clogging was, however, more severe for the Kuwait Group.     

STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF KAREZ IRRIGATION1

ABSTRACT: The karez is a traditional irrigation water source, consisting of hand-dug horizontal wells, that is still used in parts of South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. This paper describes the construction, management, and current problems of karez irrigation systems based on investigations conducted in Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. While karezes have served irrigation needs well in the past, they are now threatened by high costs of labor for construction and maintenance, and by the encroachment of tubewells which lower the water tables on which the karez systems depend. Possible methods for improving karez performance and needs for research are discussed.     

塔里木河下游第五次应急输水后地下水恢复量的计算

依据塔里木河下游应急输水前与第五次第一阶段输水后地下水的监测资料,分析了输水前后地下水位的响应特征:地下水位在应急输水前持续下降,呈近似水平状态;输水后则由于接受了河道渗漏的补给,地下水位表现出逐次回升的趋势且受输水的影响,宽度(距离河道)也随之加大。在此基础上,逐断面拟合了第五(I)次输水后地下水位与离河距离的二次多项式方程,同时运用地下水水均衡的原理,推导了计算地下水净恢复量的数学公式,并以此为工具对第五(I)次输水后地下水的净恢复量进行了计算。     

城市污水深度处理中有机物的去除

以城市污水地下水回灌为回用目的 ,研究不同的污水深度处理工艺及对二级生物处理出水中有机物的去除 .研究结果表明 ,原水若未经深度处理 ,直接由土壤含水层处理的出水不能满足推荐的回灌水水质要求 .对原水分别采用混凝沉淀、过滤、臭氧氧化、粉末活性炭和粒状活性炭吸附等处理单元及组合工艺进行深度处理效果的对比 ,最终选用由混凝沉淀 ,砂滤 ,粒状活性炭过滤与土壤含水层处理相结合的工艺流程 .城市污水处理厂的二级出水经该工艺处理后 ,出水中的 DOC可降至 3mg/L以下 ,且活性炭柱的产水床体积可达 350 0 BV.     

The influence of field-scale heterogeneity on the infiltration and entrapment of dense nonaqueous phase liquids in saturated formations

Numerical simulations are used for the systematic exploration of the migration and entrapment of dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in heterogeneous formations. Ensembles of realizations of random, spatially correlated permeability fields are generated and employed in model simulations of a spill event. Statistical techniques are then used to quantify the sensitivity of model predictions to input parameters, thereby identifying the parameters or processes that may be of primary importance in the determination of organic liquid distributions in heterogeneous systems. Results of the study indicate that the most critical factors in modeling organic entrapment include the spill release rate, reliable estimates of the mean, variance, and vertical correlation scale of the formation permeability, and an accurate representation of the correlation between the capillary pressure–saturation function and the permeability. In contrast, the hydraulic gradient and cross-correlation of residual saturations with permeabilities are found to have only minor influence on organic liquid distributions in such heterogeneous formations.