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Aquifer of infinite extent and thickness
Assumptions:
✓aquifer is confined, anisotropic on the vertical plane, of infinite extent and thickness;
✓drawdown can be estimated at any distance from the pumping well.
Point source in a confined aquifer of infinite extent and thickness: 3D view and cross section.
Fundamental equation:
Pumping regimes:
One well pumped at a constant rate
Pumping
Recovery
Several wells pumped at a constant rate
Pumping
Recovery
One or several wells pumped at a variable rates
Pumping