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Wells - Objectives

Clemson Hydrogeology Field Camp

Clemson Hydrogeology Field Camp

Slug testing

Upon completion, students will be able to:

    • Plan and conduct a slug test to estimate aquifer conductivity.
    • Analyze a slug test using both graphical methods and software (Aqtesolv).
    • Conduct slug tests in an open hole, a screened well, and with packers to test a single fracture.
    • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the test.
    • Describe the uncertainty in your measurements

Pumping test in fractured bedrock

Upon completion, students will be able to:

  • Plan, conduct and analyze a pumping test in a confined aquifer.
  • Characterize well efficiency and specific capacity.
  • Use software to analyze pumping test results.
  • Explore potential sources of uncertainty in your results.
  • Assess your data for evidence of interactions with hydrologic boundaries.

Pumping test in a confined aquifer

Upon completion, students will be able to:

  • Plan, conduct and analyze a pumping test in a confined aquifer.
  • Characterize well efficiency and specific capacity.
  • Use software to analyze pumping test results.
  • Explore potential sources of uncertainty in your results.
  • Assess your data for evidence of interactions with hydrologic boundaries.

Well-drilling and installation

Upon completion, students will be able to:

  • Learn how to prepare documents for a well permit.
  • Oversee drilling, completing, and developing a new well in the field.
  • Create a log of the well boring during drilling.
  • Describe the well construction and completion.

Ken Pimienta explaining the drilling process

Ken showing how a split spoon sampler works

Students describing split spoon sample

Ken and Jeff installing well casing

Completed well with augers still in hole

Trevor Slack explaining the process of a drilling a new well, May 2019