Summary of Solution Methods
AQTESOLV Advantage
Choose AQTESOLV for the most comprehensive suite of aquifer test solution methods.
"I use AQTESOLV in my Hydrology and Water Resources 603 graduate class
on well hydraulics and pumping test analysis."
--Dr. Shlomo P. Neuman, University of Arizona
AQTESOLV features the most comprehensive suite of solutions for the analysis of pumping test, slug test and constant-head test data.
Here are just a few of the advanced solutions that you'll find in AQTESOLV Pro:
- horizontal well
- interceptor trench
- generalized radial flow model (Barker 1988)
- vertical fracture
- horizontal fracture
- nonuniform aquifer
- two-aquifer system
- water-table aquitard
- inertial (oscillatory) effects
- deconvolution for slug tests
Use the following tables to discover and compare the solution methods found in the Standard and Pro versions of AQTESOLV.
Pumping Test Solutions
| Summary of Pumping Test Solutions in AQTESOLV Pro | |
| Solution Category | Methods Available |
| Constant-Rate Tests | 35 |
| Variable-Rate Tests | 34 |
| Recovery Tests | 33 |
| Step-Drawdown Tests | 3 |
| Partial Penetration | 16 |
| Wellbore Storage | 12 |
| Wellbore Skin | 13 |
Bounded Aquifers |
23 |
| Delayed Obs. Well Response |
5 |
| Horizontal Well |
2 |
| Confined Aquifers | 14 |
| Leaky Aquifers | 9 |
| Unconfined Aquifers | 5 |
| Fractured Aquifers | 7 |
Slug Test Solutions
| Summary of Slug Test Solutions in AQTESOLV Pro | |
| Solution Category | Methods Available |
| Slug Tests | 18 |
| Partial Penetration | 15 |
| Underdamped | 5 |
| Confined Aquifers | 11 |
| Unconfined Aquifers | 6 |
| Fractured Aquifers |
1 |
| Slug Tests in Confined Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Bouwer-Rice (1976) |  |
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| Cooper-Bredehoeft-Papadopulos (1967) | |
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| Dougherty-Babu (1984) | |
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| Hvorslev (1951) | |
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| Hyder et al. (1994)/KGS Model | |
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| Butler (1998) | |
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| Butler-Zhan (2004) | |
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| Peres et al. (1989) deconvolution | |
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| McElwee-Zenner (1998) nonlinear slug test | |
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| Slug Tests in Unconfined Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Bouwer-Rice (1976) | |
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| Hvorslev (1951) | |
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| Dagan (1978) | |
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| Hyder et al. (1994)/KGS Model | |
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| Springer-Gelhar (1991) | |
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| Slug Tests in Fractured Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Barker-Black (1984) double-porosity slug test | |
Constant-Head Test Solutions
| Summary of Constant-Head Test Solutions in AQTESOLV Pro | |
| Solution Category | Methods Available |
| Constant-Head Tests |
11 |
| Recovery Tests |
10 |
| Wellbore Skin |
6 |
| Confined Aquifers |
5 |
| Leaky Aquifers |
2 |
| Fractured Aquifers |
4 |
| Constant-Head Tests in Confined Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Jacob-Lohman (1952) type-curve and straight-line methods | |
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| Hurst-Clark-Brauer (1969) | |
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| Dougherty-Babu (1984) | |
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| Barker (1988) single-porosity GRF model | |
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| Constant-Head Tests in Leaky Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Hantush (1959) | |
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| Moench (1985) Case 1 | |
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| Constant-Head Tests in Fractured Aquifers | Std | Pro |
| Barker (1988) double-porosity GRF model, slab and spherical blocks | |
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| Ozkan-Raghavan (1991) uniform-flux vertical fracture | |
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| Ozkan-Raghavan (1991) infinite-conductivity vertical fracture | |