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Lecture 21: Groundwater: Hydraulic Conductivity
Key Questions 1. What causes groundwater to move?
2. What is the hydraulic conductivity?
3. What is Darcy’s Law?
4. How is groundwater velocity estimated?
5. What makes good aquifers in the Puget Lowlands?
6. What is a cone of depression?
Niigata Japan, 1964 liquefaction
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Groundwater supports streamflow in between rain events (baseflow)
groundwater
Time
Hydrograph
base flow
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Groundwater movement controls the transport of contaminants
A B
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A B
water has hydraulic head (pressure and gravitational energy) at location A
water has hydraulic head (pressure and gravitational energy) at location B
A hydraulic gradient causes water to move
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hydraulic gradient = Δh/ΔL
The hydraulic gradient is the change in total head divided the distance over which the change occurs.
Δh = hA - hBhA hB
ΔLΔh
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small area available for flow, low hydraulic condcutivty
large grains, large area available for flow, large hydraulic conductivity
The hydraulic conductivity of the sediment will resist the water flow
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Smaller grains, means smaller pores (area available for flow), and more frictional resistance, and hence lower hydraulic conductivity
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Q
Δh ΔL
Darcy’s Law
Q/A
Δh/ΔL
Q/A = -K(Δh/ΔL)
slope = K = hydraulic conductivity
K
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Q/A = -K(Δh/ΔL)
h1
h2
Δh = h2 –h1
ΔL
Q
A
Darcy’s Law states that the amount of water (Q) flowing through porous media depends on the energy driving the water flow (Δh/ΔL) and the hydraulic conductivity (K) of the porous media
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average pore water velocity v = -K/n(Δh/ΔL)
The average velocity of the water is the Darcy equation divided by the porosity of the sediment.
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Most aquifers in the Puget Lowlands are unconsolidated glacial deposits
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_h/H-text10.html
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Glacial Deposits
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Till – deposited beneath a glacier, it is a well compacted mixture of grain sizes
(till does NOT make good aquifers)
ice weight
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till
receding glacier (melting)
outwash – loose (uncompacted) sands and gravels deposited by melt-water streams and rivers
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Glacial outwash makes the most productive aquifers
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glaciomarine drift – clay rich sediment deposited in the sea by melting ice
glaciomarine drift does NOT make good aquifers
melting floating ice
sea water
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Point Wilson Double Bluff
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Whatcom County Glacial Aquifers
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Whatcom County Glacial Deposits
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Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer
The aquifer covers approximately 200 km2 and serves as a water supply for approximately 110,000 people in BC and WA.
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Ground Water Flow is from North-to-South
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BC WA
15 - 25 m
1 - 10 m
Sumas Outwash
Glaciomarine Drift
Abbotsford-Sumas Aquifer
The aquifer is unconfined and comprised of glacial outwash sands and gravels (Sumas Outwash) deposited about 10,000 years ago.
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Sumas Outwash
gravel mine in Whatcom County
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Well Sampling Sites
26 wells
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Water-level measurements
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Well Sampling Sites
26 wells
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Water Table Hydrographs
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hydraulic gradient = Δh/ΔL
Δh = hA - hBhA hB
ΔLΔh
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Well Sampling Sites
26 wells
Flow is in the southeast direction (155o) and is drive by a gradient of
ΔhΔL
=- 0.0055
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The average hydraulic conductivity of the glacial sediments is
K = 545 ft/day or K = 0.187 cm/sec
The average hydraulic gradient in the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer is
Δh/ΔL = -0.0055
The average porosity of the glacial sediments is
n = 0.30
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The average pore-water velocity can be determined using
velocity = v = -K/n (Δh/ΔL)
Using the aquifer parameters in the equation above yields
velocity = v = -545/0.30(-0.0055) = 10 ft/day
which is very fast for groundwater
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The average groundwater velocity is 10 ft/day
How long would it take water to travel from well A to well B
If the distance from A to B is 1000 ft
A B
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Time = distance ⁄ velocity
Time = 1000 ft ⁄ 10 ft/day
Time = 100 days
A B
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If the aquifer were a fine sand with a hydraulic conductivity of 5.45 ft/day……then the
Velocity = 0.10 ft/day
Time = 1000 ft ⁄ 0.10 ft/day
Time = 10,000 days or 27 years!!
A B
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http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ozsvath/images/cone_of_depression.htm
Pumping wells create a cone-of-depression in the water table
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well screen
the pump sits inside the well screen
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water flow
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sand gravelWell A Well B
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gravelsand
QA QB
cone of depression
QA = QB = pumping rate
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gravel
QB
The slope of the cone of depression is determined by the permeability
sand
QA
steep slopehigh permeability
shallow slope
low permeability
QA = QB = pumping rate
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The depth of the cone of depression is determined by the pumping rate
sand
QA
low permeability
sand
QBQA < QB
low permeability low permeability
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The radius of the cone of depression is determined by the pumping duration
sand
QA
sand
QB
low permeability
QB = QA
rA rB
rA rB<
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Study Area
~ 6 sq miles
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BC WA
Water table is just below the ground surface
Coarse gravels and sands
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Pumping wells can influence neighboring wells
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Irrigation Well
irrigation well
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Over pumping of irrigation well lowers the water table below the domestic well (water rights)
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Groundwater surface water interactions
A pumping well can influence streamflow
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Irrigation Wells in the study area
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Sate law highly restricts the water rights of farmers
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However, State law allows Exempt wells (low use wells). So, farmers could sell there land for subdivisions and many homes can drill a well without needing a water right. This is a problem.