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Groundwater Development (AE5108)
Dr. S. Pathmarajah
Agriculture Dept. of Agric. Engineering
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Peradeniya
Mobile: 077-7341735
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References
• David Keith Todd (1995) Groundwater hydrology. John Wiley & Sons
• Panabokke, C.R. and A.P.G.R.L. Perera (2005) Groundwater resources of Sri Lanka. (2005) Groundwater resources of Sri Lanka. Water Resources Board, Sri Lanka.
• Pathmarajah, S. (2002) Use of groundwater for agriculture in Sri Lanka. Proceeding of a symposium.
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Hydrogeology / Geohydrology
• It is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust (commonly in aquifers).
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What is groundwater
• Water occupying all the voids within a geological stratum
• It is a saturated zone• It is a saturated zone
• It is a renewable mineral resource
• It is a part of hydrologic cycle
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Aquifers
• Formation that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to wells and springsand springs
• Meaning, ability to store and transmit water.
• Also known as
– groundwater reservoir
– water-bearing formation
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Types of confining beds
• Aquiclude
– Saturated but relatively impermeable; eg. clayclay
• Aquifuge
– Relatively impermeable; eg. rock
• Aquitard
– Saturated but poorly permeable; eg. Sandy clay
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Unconfined and confined aquifers
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Semi-confined or leaky aquifers
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Perched water table
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Springs
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Father of groundwater studies in Ceylon
Late Mr. C. H. L. Sirimanne (1909 – 1970)
(Geologist)Deputy Director of the Geological Survey of CeylonDeputy Director of the Geological Survey of Ceylon
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State institutions involved in groundwater study
• Water Resources Board (WRB)
• National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWS & DB)Board (NWS & DB)
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Groundwater resources of Sri Lanka
• Shallow Karstic aquifer of Jaffna Peninsula
• Deep confined aquifer of the northwest
• Coastal sand aquifer• Coastal sand aquifer
• Alluvial aquifer of flood-plains and river valleys
• Shallow Regolith aquifer of hard-rock region
• Lateritic (cabock) aquifer of southwest
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Groundwater resources of Sri Lanka
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Karstic aquifer of Jaffna Peninsula
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Nilavarai bottomless well
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Keerimalai spring
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Deep confined aquifer of the northwest
Deep Confined Aquifers of the Sedimentary Limestone and SandstoneFormations
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Coastal sand aquifer
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Alluvium Aquifer
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Shallow regolith aquifer of hard-rock region
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Present level of understanding
Source: Panabokke and
Perera (2005)
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Distribution of tube-well sites
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Distribution of abstraction
points
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Total supply of surface and groundwater(Source : NWS&DB and WRB databases)
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Objectives of Government subsidy agro-well program by the ADA (1989)
• Assuring stable income to the farmers• Assuring stable income to the farmers
• Protecting the environment by arresting chena cultivation
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Requirements for agro-well(Defined by ADA for subsidy scheme)
• Circular well
• Internal DM > 5 m
• Depth > 8 m• Depth > 8 m
• 3 m depth of water at the beginning of yala (dry season).
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Achievements by the end of year 2000
• 18,338 wells subsidized
• Benefited 6000 ha
• Raised cropping intensity to 200%• Raised cropping intensity to 200%
• Anuradhapura & Kurunegala benifitted the most
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Facts on agro-wells by end of year 2000
• Total no. 50,000 (except in N & E)
• 65 % lined
• 20% tube wells
• 80% in A’pura, K’negala & Puttalam• 80% in A’pura, K’negala & Puttalam
• More than 50% located in highland
• 0.2 – 0.8 ha cultivated
• Density of 64/ 100 ha in Puttalam and 35/ 100 ha in A’pura
• 45% under subsidy schemes
• Chilli, onion, vegetables & banana
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Few more facts
• Oct., Nov., Dec. replenishment of surface & GW
• 10% RF goes as GW recharge• 10% RF goes as GW recharge
• Imperfectly and poorly drained areas occupies 40% and suitable to locate agro-wells
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Status in the North
• By 1969; 100,000 dug wells in the Jaffna peninsula depths ranging from 5 to 10 mto 10 m
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Aspects neglected
• Proper sitting
• Safe intensity
• Sustainable abstraction
• Follow-up action
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Problems in hard rock areas
• Drying of wells in mid-season
• Low recovery rates
• Interference between wells• Interference between wells
• Salinity
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Recommendations
• Well distance 100 m
• Well density 7 – 8 / 100 ha
• Safe to use 75% of the storage• Safe to use 75% of the storage
• Imperfectly drained area is best suited for well location
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Objectives of Government subsidy micro-irrigation program by the ADA (2000)
• Doubling the cultivated extent by increasing the irrigation efficiencyincreasing the irrigation efficiency
• Increasing cropping intensity to 300%
• Improving the quality of produces
• Reducing groundwater pollution
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What is conjunctive use
• Simultaneous use of surface water and groundwater to meet crop demand.
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Benefits of conjunctive use
• Managing the demand based on the availability
• Water quality management• Water quality management
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Conjunctive use of tank and groundwater
• Hydrologically interconnected
• Cascade level management
• Utilization of rainfall• Utilization of rainfall
• Utilization of residual moisture
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Conjunctive use plan
• Rainwater for land preparation & raising nursery
• Selection of crop
• Staggered planting• Staggered planting
• Non traditional season
• GW recharge through tank rehabilitation
• Soil moisture conservation
• Water saving irrigation techniques
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Conjunctive use plan
• Basin perspective
• Institutional reform
• Monitoring and information system• Monitoring and information system
• Public-private partnership
• Rehabilitation and hardware improvement
• Farmer participation
• Farmer training
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Issues
• Technical
• Financial
• Legal• Legal
• Environmental
• Socio-economical
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Technical Aspects
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Interstices (voids / pores)
(a) Well-sorted sedimentary deposit
(b) Poorly sorted sedimentary deposit
(c) Pebbles that are themselves porous
(d) Mineral deposits in the interstices
(e) Rocks rendered porous by solution
(f) Rock rendered porous by fracturing
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Porosity (αααα)
• Ratio between volume of pores and bulk volume
α = Vv / V
Vv – volume of voids
V – total volume
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Specific retention (Sr)
• Ratio of the volume of water a soil will retain after saturation against the force of gravity to its own volumeof gravity to its own volume
Sr = Wr / V
Wr – volume occupied by the retained water
V – bulk volume
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Specific yield (Sy)
• Ratio of the volume of water that, after saturation, can be drained by gravity to its own volumeits own volume
Sy = Wy / V
Wy – volume water drained
V – bulk volume
α = (Wr + Wy)/V = Sr + Sy
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Storage coefficient (S)(Storativity)
• Volume of water that an aquifer releases from or takes into storage per unit surface area of aquifer per unit unit surface area of aquifer per unit change in the component of head normal to that surface
In most confined aquifers 0.00005 < S < 0.005
S = 3 x 10-6b (rule-of-thumb)
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Specific storage (Ss)
• Volume of water a unit volume of saturated aquifer releases from storage for a unit decline in hydraulic headfor a unit decline in hydraulic head
S = Ss x b
S = Storage coefficient
b = aquifer thickness
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Illustrative sketches for defining storage coefficient of
(a) confined and (b) unconfined aquifers.
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Groundwater flow
• Henry Darcy (1803 – 1858) – a French hydraulic engineer
• Darcy’s Law (1856)• Darcy’s Law (1856)
– Flow rate through porous media isproportional to the head loss and inverselyproportional to the length of the flow path.
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Darcy’s law (1856)
• Q = -KA dh/dl
• V = Q/A = - K dh/dl
K – hydraulic conductivityK – hydraulic conductivity
V – Darcy velocity
dh/dl – hydraulic gradient(-) ve sign indicates that the flow is in the direction of decreasing head
• Vα
= V/α
Vα –average interstitial velocity
α - porosity
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Experimental verification
Apply Bernoulli equation at the entrance and exit
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Bernoulli equation
p - pressure
γ - specific weight of Neglecting velocity
γ - specific weight of water
v - velocity
g - acceleration due to gravity
z – elevation
h – head loss
Neglecting velocity head:
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Permeability
• Hydraulic conductivity (K)
K = - v/(dh/dl) = (m/day)/(m/m)
= m/day
V – Darcy velocityV – Darcy velocity
dh/dl – hydraulic gradient
• Transmissivity (T)
T = Kb = (m/day) (m) = m2/day
b – saturated thickness of the aquifer
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Determination of hydraulic conductivity
• Laboratory method (Permeameter)
– Constant head
– Falling head– Falling head
• Field method
– Tracer method
– Augur hole method
– Pumping test method
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Laboratory methods
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Tracer method
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Vα
= Kh/Lα
Where ; K - Hydraulic conductivity
α - Porosity
h and L are shown in the diagram
Also, Vα
= L/tt – travel time of tracer
K = αL2 /ht
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Limitations of tracer test:
• Holes must be close together to reduce travel time
• Flow direction must be known
• Not applicable for stratified aquifer
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Auger hole method
K = C dy/dtDy/dt – rate of rise
C – obtained from the table
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Horizontal flow in an alluvial aquifer
K = 75 m/day and i = 10 m/1000 m
V = ? Q = ?
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• A sandy aquifer has a the following characteristics:
– hydraulic conductivity 0.0001 m/s
– porosity of 26%
– Width 5000 m
Example
– Thickness 10 m
– Hydraulic gradient 5 m/100m
i. How much water will be transmitted in a day in m3/day?
ii. How many days it will take to travel from the point of recharge to a point 2 km downstream?
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Answeri. Cross sectional area = 10 x 5000=50000 m2
Hydraulic gradient = 5/100 = 0.05
K = 0.0001 x 3600 x 24 = 8.64 m/dayQ = 8.64 x 5000 x 0.05 = 21600 m3/day
ii. Darcy velocity = 21600/50000 = 0.43 m/dii. Darcy velocity = 21600/50000 = 0.43 m/d
Interstitial velocity (seepage velocity)
= 0.43/0.26 = 1.65 m/day
Time to travel 2 km = 2 x 1000 / 1.65
= 1212 days = 3.32 years
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Homogeneous aquifer
• Hydrologic properties are identical everywhere.
Isotropic aquifer
• Hydraulic properties do not vary with direction.
These are called idealized aquifers
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Anisotropic aquifers
• Horizontal average “K”
x
• Vertical average “K”
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Vertical flow into a leaky aquifer (page 83)
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General flow equation -Laplace equation
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General flow equation
s – distance along the average direction of flow
(qx,i – qx,o) + (qy,i – qy,o) = -SW2
qx,i = -TxW and qx,o = -TxWi o
S - storage coefficient
Tx – transmissivity in the x direction
W – length of a side of the square
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Well hydraulics
Steady flow
• Dupuit equation
• Thiem equation• Thiem equation
– Confined aquifer
– Unconfined aquifer
Unsteady flow
• Theis equation
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Steady unidirectional flow in a confined aquifer of uniform thickness.
Can assume that the head decreases uniformly in the flow direction and apply Darcy’s equation
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Steady flow in an unconfined aquifer between
two water bodies with vertical boundaries.
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Dupuit assumption
• Velocity of the flow is proportional to the tangent of the hydraulic gradient
• Flow is horizontal and uniform • Flow is horizontal and uniform everywhere
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Dupuit equation
Integrating;
flow per unit thickness;
if h = ho where x = 0, then the Dupuit equation;
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Steady flow to two parallel streams from a
uniformly recharged unconfined aquifer.
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Dupuit equation
by continuity;
flow per unit thickness;
by continuity;
by combining;
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from symmetry and continuity;
Where Qb is the base flow entering each stream per unit length of stream channel.
If h is known at at any point Qb or W can be computed provided K is known
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Steady radial flow to a well penetrating a
confined aquifer on an isdand.
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Radial flow to a well penetrating an extensive
confined aquifer.
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Radial flow to a well penetrating an unconfined
aquifer.
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lnln
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h
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Specific capacity
• Discharge rate per unit drawdown
• This is a measure of productivity of a wellwell
Specific capacity = Discharge rate / Drawdown in the well
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0.06 m3/m per m
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Flow net• It is a graphical representation of two-
dimensional steady-state groundwater flowthrough aquifers
• Consists of flow lines and equipotential lines
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Flow net (contd…)
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• streamlines and equipotentials meet at right angles
• diagonals drawn between the cornerpoints of a flownet will meet each other atright angles
• streamtubes and drops in equipotential can be halved and should still make squares
• flownets often have areas which consist of • flownets often have areas which consist of nearly parallel lines, which produce true squares
• many problems have some symmetry (e.g., radial flow to a well)
• the sizes of the squares should change gradually; transitions are smooth and the curved paths should be roughly elliptical or parabolic in shape.
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Refraction of flow lines
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Groundwater Recharge
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Methods of estimation
• Borehole hydrograph
Recharge = Hydrographic Rise x Specific Yield
• River hydrograph
Change in base flow = Precipitation rechargeChange in base flow = Precipitation recharge
• Salt balance method
• Infiltration method
• Water balance
• Empirical method
e.g. R = 0.15 Pe; site specific
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Artificial recharge
• Maintain or augment the natural groundwater
• Coordinate operation of surface and • Coordinate operation of surface and groundwater
• Combat adverse conditions
– GW depletion, saline water intrusion, etc.
• Provide subsurface storage for surface water
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Recharge methods
• Water spreading
– Basin, stream channels, furrow, pond, well, flooding, etc.flooding, etc.
• Unintentional recharge
– Irrigation, septic tanks, seepage from channels and reservoirs, seepage from sewerage systems, etc.
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Groundwater Pollution
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Definition, Sources and Implications
• Artificially induced degradation of natural groundwater quality
• Originates from disposal of waste • Originates from disposal of waste (septic tank to irrigated agriculture)
– Organic and inorganic chemicals, biological, physical and radiological types
• Difficult to detect, difficult to control and may persists for decades
• Creates toxicity or spread disease
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Groundwater quality of Sri Lanka (Assignment)
1. Nitrate in Jaffna
2. Nitrate in Kalpittiya
3. Quality of Hard rock aquifer3. Quality of Hard rock aquifer
4. Occurrence of dental fluorosis
5. CKDu – possible link with groundwater
6. Problem of Ca, Mn and Fe