Laboratory Manual for Groundwater, Wells, and Pumps (eBook)

Part One: Measurement of Groundwater Flow. 1. Verification of Darcy's law. 2. Estimating ground water balance and study of artificial ground water recharges structures. 3. Water table contour maps. Part Two: Measurement of Soil Properties. 4. Sieve analysis for gravel and well screens design. Part Three: Measurement of Aquifer Properties. 5. Estimation of specific yield and specific retention. 6. Evaluation of hydraulic properties of aquifer by Theis method. 7. Evaluation of hydraulic properties of aquifer by Cooper-Jacob Method. 8. Evaluation of hydraulic properties of aquifer under unstready state condition by Chow method. 9. Evaluation of hydraulic properties of aquifer by recovery test. 10. Study of leaky and non leaky aquifers. Part Four: Wells and Their Design. 11. Testing of well screen. 12. Study of different drilling equipments and drilling of a tube well. 13. Measurement of water level and drawdown in pumped wells. 14. Well design under confined and unconfined conditions. 15. Study of well losses and well efficiency. 16. Computation of interference of wells. Part Five: Pumps and Their Testing. 17. Study of radial flow, mixed flow, multistage centrifugal pumps, turbine, propeller and other pumps. 18. Study of installation of centrifugal pump; testing of centrifugal pump and study of cavitations. 19. Study of performance characteristics of hydraulic ram. 20. Study of Deep well Turbine and Submersible pumps. 21. Analysis of pumping test data. Part Six: Groundwater Modeling. 22. Groundwater computer simulation models. Glossary. Appendix.