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aquifer pumping test - estimate / estimation of aquifer properties - manage, analyze, interpret and present aquifer testing data - pump test/testing data - pumping test data - slug test/testing data

AquiferTest Quick Tour

Creating a New AquiferTest Project

To create a new project using AquiferTest, simply select File/New Project.

A pop-up window will ask you to to enter the project name and select the data you would like to create (as shown in the following figure).

Press the [OK] button and AquiferTest will prepare a blank project database.

Setting File Preferences

AquiferTest allows you to set various default preferences for each project. The preference options can be defined by selecting File/Preferences. The Preference Options window appears as shown in the following figure:

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The Preferences window has three tabs: General, Company and Reports.

The General Tab allows you to:

Select the Microsoft Access database filename to use for storing the data from the various projects you will be working on.
Load the last project each time you start AquiferTest.
Specify a maximum number of data points for a well.
Print average values for results in the project summary.
Select a reference datum to use for data entry.

The Company Tab allows you to:

Enter four lines of text containing details about your company (e.g., name, address, phone, fax) to display on the report pages.
Select a bitmap file to display on the report pages.

The Reports Tab allows you to:

Select the report layout files to use for the various printed reports.

Defining the Project Units

The next step is to define the units for each parameter (select Project/Units from the top menu bar). AquiferTest provides a comprehensive selection of both U.S and Metric units to choose from.

The selected units can be modified for each pumping test if required, but these will be the default units for all pumping tests created for this project. If you need to change the units at any time after you have started, you can simply make the necessary changes and AquiferTest will automatically convert all the associated data. Alternatively, if you have entered data that was measured in feet and your units were specified as meters, you can simply make the change and deactivate the Convert option.

Importing A Site Map

AquiferTest gives you the option of importing a site map for displaying the spatial location of the well(s) in reference to important site characteristics. The site map can come in a variety of common graphical formats including .dxf, .tif, .jpg and .bmp.

To import a site map, select Project/Map from the top menu bar and the following window will appear.

This window gives you the option to create a new site map by importing an external graphics file or opening an existing site map. Once the map has been selected, you can specify the display area of the map for the region where the wells are located. This display area can be the same as the entire extents of the map or you can select a sub-region of the map. The [Apply] button allows you to see how these settings appear in the Project Tab.

Defining Well Locations and Geometry

Once the site map has been imported, you can begin defining the well locations and well geometry. This information is considered to be static information that will not change over the course of this project or subsequent projects where these wells may be used.

The well locations can be added by selecting Project/Create Well from the top menu or by using the pointer to select the new well location from the site map. The locations and details for each well can be defined and modified as shown in the following figure:


	Although the well geometry is not necessary for most solution methods, AquiferTest gives you the opportunity to provide this information at the beginning of your project. Providing this information at this stage of the analysis helps to avoid the errors encountered when you have missing or invalid data.


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