Design of Intake Well

Water Supply Source: Groundwater

Yield Analysis of the Aquifer
Type: Unconfined Aquifer
Assumptions:
1. The aquifer is unconfined.
2. The aquifer has aerial extent.
3. The aquifer is homogeneous, isotropic and of uniform thickness.
4. The water table is horizontal prior to pumping.
5. The aquifer is pumped at a constant discharge rate.
6. The well penetrates the full thickness of the aquifer and thus receives water from the
entire saturated thickness of the aquifer.
Figure: Pumping well in an unconfined aquifer

Where: Q= pumping flow rate, m3/s

K= Hydraulic conductivity, m/s
h1, h2 =height of piezometric surface at r1, r2 from the pumping well

Design input:
r1 = 30 m
r2 = 8 m
h1 = 6.8 m
h2 = 7.24 m
Design Equation:

Q  r2  h2  h1
2 2

ln    : Dupuit Formula
2K  r1  2
Design Calculation:

 h2 2  h1 2 
 
 2 
Q 
  r2  
 ln   
  r1  
 2K 
 
 



K h2 2  h1 2 
r 
ln  2 
 r1 

3.146.1  10 4 m / s 7.24m  6.8m 

2 2

 30m 
ln  
 8m 

m 3 360s
Design flow  8.88  10 3   6hr 1day 
s 1hr

 190m 3 / day