Summary and evaluation of available hydraulic property data for the Hanford Site unconfined aquifer system

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10106099· OSTI ID:10106099

Thorne, P D; Newcomer, D R

Improving the hydrologic characterization of the Hanford Site unconfined aquifer system is one of the objectives of the Hanford Site Ground-Water Surveillance Project. To help meet this objective, hydraulic property data available for the aquifer have been compiled, mainly from reports published over the past 40 years. Most of the available hydraulic property estimates are based on constant-rate pumping tests of wells. Slug tests have also been conducted at some wells and analyzed to determine hydraulic properties. Other methods that have been used to estimate hydraulic properties of the unconfined aquifer are observations of water-level changes in response to river stage, analysis of ground-water mound formation, tracer tests, and inverse groundwater flow models.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10106099
• Report Number(s): PNL--8337; ON: DE93003255
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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