Acquisition and Interpretation of Water-Level Data

Characterisation of fractured carbonate aquifers using ambient borehole dilution tests

“…Preferential flowpaths and vertical head gradients are pervasive in fractured rock aquifers (Singhal and Gupta, 1999;Cook, 2003). Knowledge of fracture and conduit connectivity and vertical hydraulic gradients are important for aquifer characterisation and developments such as: the design and development of abstraction boreholes, targeted horizon sampling for chemical characterisation (Moir et al, 2014;McMillan et al, 2014), groundwater flow interpretation and modelling (Saines, 1981;Brassington, 1992;Dalton et al, 2006;Weight, 2008) and effective design of remediation schemes.…”