{"id":1784,"date":"2026-02-14T04:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/chapter\/ch071-xhtml\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T10:52:07","slug":"software-available-to-analyze-slug-tests","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/chapter\/software-available-to-analyze-slug-tests\/","title":{"raw":"14.6 Software Available to Analyze Slug Tests","rendered":"14.6 Software Available to Analyze Slug Tests"},"content":{"raw":"
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\r\n\r\nThe same commercially available software packages used to analyze pumping tests include modules to analyze slug\u2011test data. As with pumping\u2011test software analyses, slug\u2011test analytical methods are constrained by the hydrogeological setting and well configuration. The most widely used commercial software packages are AQTESOLV (aqtesolv.com<\/a>\u2197), AquiferTest\u00a0V12 (waterloohydrogeologic.com<\/a>\u2197), and Aquiferwin32<\/sup> Version 6 (groundwatermodels.com<\/a>\u2197). General information regarding slug\u2011test analysis capabilities of each program is found in Box 8<\/a><\/span>. The individual software web\u2011sites provide additional details.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nFree software packages are also available to analyze underdamped and overdamped data. One software package available on the Kansas Geological Survey Site\u2197<\/a> has been addressed in this section (Butler & Garnett, 2000). A search of the internet will find additional software to analyze overdamped responses, e.g., Wylie and Magnuson (1995) present spreadsheet modeling of a slug test using the van der Kamp method; Matos\u2011Rosillo and others (2018) provide SlugIn 1.0: A Free tool for automated Slug Test Analysis<\/em>; Halford and Kuniansky (2002) offer an open\u2011file report titled Documentation of Spreadsheets for the Analysis of Aquifer\u2011Test and Slug\u2011Test Data<\/em>. This USGS publication<\/a>\u2197 includes spreadsheets for the Bouwer and Rice Method, van der Kamp Method and the Cooper, Bredehoeft, and Papadopulos Method. Geoprobe Drilling Rig and Tool Manufacturer developed a pneumatic slug\u2011test system and provides Slug Test Analysis Software (Geoprobe, 2016) for pneumatic slug testing that can be downloaded from Geoprobe<\/a>\u2197.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nPart 3 addresses methods used to perform hydraulic tests of open boreholes, called packer tests. Packer tests are most often applied to characterize an isolated portion of an uncased borehole.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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The same commercially available software packages used to analyze pumping tests include modules to analyze slug\u2011test data. As with pumping\u2011test software analyses, slug\u2011test analytical methods are constrained by the hydrogeological setting and well configuration. The most widely used commercial software packages are AQTESOLV (aqtesolv.com<\/a>\u2197), AquiferTest\u00a0V12 (waterloohydrogeologic.com<\/a>\u2197), and Aquiferwin32<\/sup> Version 6 (groundwatermodels.com<\/a>\u2197). General information regarding slug\u2011test analysis capabilities of each program is found in Box 8<\/a><\/span>. The individual software web\u2011sites provide additional details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Free software packages are also available to analyze underdamped and overdamped data. One software package available on the Kansas Geological Survey Site\u2197<\/a> has been addressed in this section (Butler & Garnett, 2000). A search of the internet will find additional software to analyze overdamped responses, e.g., Wylie and Magnuson (1995) present spreadsheet modeling of a slug test using the van der Kamp method; Matos\u2011Rosillo and others (2018) provide SlugIn 1.0: A Free tool for automated Slug Test Analysis<\/em>; Halford and Kuniansky (2002) offer an open\u2011file report titled Documentation of Spreadsheets for the Analysis of Aquifer\u2011Test and Slug\u2011Test Data<\/em>. This USGS publication<\/a>\u2197 includes spreadsheets for the Bouwer and Rice Method, van der Kamp Method and the Cooper, Bredehoeft, and Papadopulos Method. Geoprobe Drilling Rig and Tool Manufacturer developed a pneumatic slug\u2011test system and provides Slug Test Analysis Software (Geoprobe, 2016) for pneumatic slug testing that can be downloaded from Geoprobe<\/a>\u2197.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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