{"id":599,"date":"2025-11-21T00:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/?post_type=part&#038;p=599"},"modified":"2026-08-01T11:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:58:12","slug":"18-exercises","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/part\/18-exercises\/","title":{"raw":"18 Exercises","rendered":"18 Exercises"},"content":{"raw":"<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n\r\nThese problems focus on analyzing pumping\u2011test and slug\u2011test data. Curve\u2011matching or straight\u2011line interpretations can be used as appropriate to analyze time\u2011drawdown data. Data can be plotted by hand on graph paper supplied in Box 1, using spreadsheet programs (e.g., Excel\u00ae,) open\u2011source solution methods, or commercially available software packages. In some cases, it may be helpful to copy figures of type curves presented in this book into a program (e.g., PowerPoint\u00ae; Excel\u00ae) that allows the user to stretch axes to match plots of time\u2011drawdown data you have prepared. Remember when manually inspecting type curves and data sets, the graph scales must match.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\nFree demo versions of the three most popular hydraulic testing software may also be applied as appropriate to complete these problems, including\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>AQTESLOV (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqtesolv.com\/\">aqtesolv.com<\/a>\u2197),<\/li>\r\n \t<li>AquiferTest (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterloohydrogeologic.com\/\">waterloohydrogeologic.com<\/a>\u2197) with a 15\u2011day trail version available at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterloohydrogeologic.com\/download-trial\/\">link<\/a>\u2197, and<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Aquifer<sup>win32<\/sup> Version 6 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundwatermodels.com\/\">groundwatermodels.com<\/a>\u2197) with a demo version available in the zip file that <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbdb1718505d5652f22ed-002e5e9dce8f581dd16904a14c20d32c.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com%2FAquiferWin32-64bit_09172020.zip&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cepoeter%40mines.edu%7C89707e050eca42b1a1f108db4329bcd4%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C638177619230641444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PKjvDiAQgYQSrAeSdtYUnHYB%2FpfGZZi2pJ42DxKWLOc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">will download when this link is clicked<\/a>\u2197.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n\r\nMastering the use of one or more of these programs takes time. Help files and documentation are available on the websites.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\nWe recommend that the reader first use a manual curve\u2011matching method as described in the previous sections before numerical modeling. This aligns with our goal of having the hydrogeologist understand the foundational principles used in hydraulic\u2011test analyses. After completing a standard curve\u2011matching solution, a software\u2011generated match can be derived. When both methods are executed, the results should be compared and contrasted. <a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/chapter\/box-11-aqtesolv-solutions-to-exercises\/\"><span id=\"TextLinkToBox11\" class=\"anchor\">Box 11<\/span><\/a> provides AQTESOLV solutions for Problems 1, 2, 3 and 5 and compares them to hand\u2011matched results.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\n<p>These problems focus on analyzing pumping\u2011test and slug\u2011test data. Curve\u2011matching or straight\u2011line interpretations can be used as appropriate to analyze time\u2011drawdown data. Data can be plotted by hand on graph paper supplied in Box 1, using spreadsheet programs (e.g., Excel\u00ae,) open\u2011source solution methods, or commercially available software packages. In some cases, it may be helpful to copy figures of type curves presented in this book into a program (e.g., PowerPoint\u00ae; Excel\u00ae) that allows the user to stretch axes to match plots of time\u2011drawdown data you have prepared. Remember when manually inspecting type curves and data sets, the graph scales must match.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p>Free demo versions of the three most popular hydraulic testing software may also be applied as appropriate to complete these problems, including<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>AQTESLOV (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqtesolv.com\/\">aqtesolv.com<\/a>\u2197),<\/li>\n<li>AquiferTest (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterloohydrogeologic.com\/\">waterloohydrogeologic.com<\/a>\u2197) with a 15\u2011day trail version available at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterloohydrogeologic.com\/download-trial\/\">link<\/a>\u2197, and<\/li>\n<li>Aquifer<sup>win32<\/sup> Version 6 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.groundwatermodels.com\/\">groundwatermodels.com<\/a>\u2197) with a demo version available in the zip file that <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbdb1718505d5652f22ed-002e5e9dce8f581dd16904a14c20d32c.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com%2FAquiferWin32-64bit_09172020.zip&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cepoeter%40mines.edu%7C89707e050eca42b1a1f108db4329bcd4%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C638177619230641444%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PKjvDiAQgYQSrAeSdtYUnHYB%2FpfGZZi2pJ42DxKWLOc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">will download when this link is clicked<\/a>\u2197.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\n<p>Mastering the use of one or more of these programs takes time. Help files and documentation are available on the websites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p>We recommend that the reader first use a manual curve\u2011matching method as described in the previous sections before numerical modeling. This aligns with our goal of having the hydrogeologist understand the foundational principles used in hydraulic\u2011test analyses. After completing a standard curve\u2011matching solution, a software\u2011generated match can be derived. When both methods are executed, the results should be compared and contrasted. <a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/chapter\/box-11-aqtesolv-solutions-to-exercises\/\"><span id=\"TextLinkToBox11\" class=\"anchor\">Box 11<\/span><\/a> provides AQTESOLV solutions for Problems 1, 2, 3 and 5 and compares them to hand\u2011matched results.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":22,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-599","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4096,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/599\/revisions\/4096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/an-introduction-to-hydraulic-testing-in-hydrogeology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}