Leakage properties of the multi-aquifer system underlying the Greater Onitsha water scheme borehole field, Anambra State, Nigeria
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Leakage properties and the potential for land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal from a multi-aquifer water supply system were investigated by applying leaky type curve and one dimensional consolidation models to drawdown data that were obtained during a pumping test experiment in an aquifer-aquitard system. The producing aquifer has transmissivity and storativity values of 5.3 X 10" m s" and 9.54 x 1CT respectively. It is recharged through leakage at a rate of 5.67 x 10' m s", giving a leakage amount of more than 0.007 m s". Drainage of the aquifer-aquitard system could result in aquitard compaction of between 50 and 180 mm year" for pumping periods of 6 and 22 h day", respectively. The observed leakage has important implications for land subsidence problems and waste disposal practices in the area. Les propriétés des fuites d'un système multi-aquifères à la base du projet de puits de Grand Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria Résumé Des recherches ont été menées sur les propriétés des fuites d'un système multi-aquifères et sur les possibilités de subsidence des sols dues au départ de l'eau des couches de l'aquifère, par l'application d'une courbe qui simule les fuites et des modèles de consolidation à une dimension à partir des données obtenues au cours d'expérimentation d'essai de pompage dans le système aquifère-aquitard. L'aquifère de production possède des valeurs des coefficients de transmissivité et d'emmagasinement de 5.3 X 10" m s" et 9.54 x 10" respectivement. Il est rechargé part la fuite à raison de 5.67 X 10" m s", ce qui donne un taux de fuite de plus 0.007 m s". Le drainage du système aquifèreaquitard pourrait provoquer une compaction de l'aquitard d'entre 5 et 8 cm an"' pour des périodes de pompage de 6 et 22 h jour" respectivement. La fuite observée a des implications importantes pour des problèmes d'affaissement des sols et les pratiques de dépôts de déchets à la surface du sol dans la zone de l'aquifère.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007