Analysis of multiwell pumping tests in a confined aquifer under variations in the production rate and atmospheric pressure

Abstract

Problems of the interpretation of long-term multiwell pumping tests that account for variations in the production rate and atmospheric pressure are considered. The barometric efficiency and corrections of actual drawdowns are calculated for the Udomlya groundwater basin; spatiotemporal development of the depression cone is analyzed. The hydrogeodynamic parameters are used for calibration of a numerical model of the groundwater basin and prediction of the periodic compensation water system for recharging the cooling lakes of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant.