Rosemont Multi Well Test Volume 2 - May 2009

 

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May 21, 2009
REPORT


ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST
NOVEMBER 2008 THROUGH JANUARY 2009
ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

 

CONTENTS
1.0 SUMMARY
2.0 BACKGROUND
3.0 FIELD METHODS AND PROCEDURES
4.0 ANALYTICAL METHODS
  4.1 REPRESENTATIVE GROUNDWATER LEVELS, PRESSURE HEADS, AND HYDRAULIC HEADS
  4.2 INTERPRETATION OF AQUIFER HYDRAULICS
    4.2.1 Analytical Diagnostics
    4.2.2 Analytical Solution Methods
5.0 RESULTS OF LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST
  5.1 PUMPED WELLS
    5.1.1 Pumped Well PC-5
    5.1.2 Pumped Well RP-6
    5.1.3 Pumped Well HC-1B
    5.1.4 Pumped Well HC-5A
    5.1.5 Pumped Well RP-3B
  5.2 OBSERVATION WELLS AND PIEZOMETERS
    5.2.1 Observation Well HC-1A
    5.2.2 Observation Wells HC-3B and HC-3C
    5.2.3 Observation Well HC-5B
    5.2.4 Observation Well PC-1
    5.2.5 Observation Well PC-2
    5.2.6 Observation Well PC-6
    5.2.7 Observation Well PC-7
    5.2.8 Observation Nested Piezometer PZ-5
    5.2.9 Observation Nested Piezometer PZ-7
    5.2.10 Observation Nested Piezometer PZ-8
    5.2.11 Observation Well 1445
  5.3 SPRINGS
  5.4 CHEMICAL QUALITY OF GROUNDWATER
6.0 DISCUSSION  
  6.1 RADIAL AND LINEAR FLOW REGIMES
  6.2 HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF AQUIFER BLOCKS
7.0 CONCLUSIONS
8.0 REFERENCES CITED
TABLES
Table
 
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SUMMARY OF HYDROLOGIC DATA OBTAINED AT PUMPED WELLS DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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SUMMARY OF HYDROLOGIC DATA OBTAINED AT OBSERVATION WELLS AND PIEZOMETERS DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR DERIVATION OF AQUIFER HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS USING ANALYTICAL METHODS, LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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MONITORING DATA FOR SPRING MC-1 DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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MONITORING DATA FOR SPRING MC-2 DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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MONITORING DATA FOR ROSEMONT SPRING DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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MONITORING DATA FOR DEERING SPRING DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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MONITORING DATA FOR McCLEARY DAM DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF LABORATORY CHEMICAL ANALYSES FOR COMMON CONSTITUENTS AND ROUTINE PARAMETERS IN WATER SAMPLES FROM PUMPED WELLS, LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF LABORATORY CHEMICAL ANALYSES FOR TRACE CONSTITUENTS IN WATER SAMPLES FROM PUMPED WELLS, LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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RESULTS OF LABORATORY ANALYSES FOR DELTA OXYGEN-18, DEUTERIUM, AND TRITIUM IN GROUNDWATER SAMPLES FROM PUMPED WELLS, LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA
   
ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure
 
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LOCATION MAP

*2
HYDROGEOLOGIC MAP

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HYDROGRAPHS OF PUMPING RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL PUMPED WELLS AND TOTAL PUMPING RATE FOR ALL PUMPED WELLS DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF TYPICAL PUMPED WELL SET-UP DURINGLONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF SPRINGS AND DAM MONITORED DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA
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APPENDICES
Appendix
 
A
HYDROGRAPHS FOR WELLS AND PIEZOMETERS
B
ANALYTICAL GRAPHS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Location Map Long-Term Multi-Well Aquifer Test
November 2008-January 2009

Location Map Long-term Multi-well Aquifer Test

Hydrogeologic Map Long-Ter, Multi-Well Aquifer Test
November 2008 - January 2009

Hydrogeologic Map Long-Ter, Multi-Well Aquifer Test

FIGURE 3. HYDROGRAPHS OF PUMPING RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL PUMPED WELLS
AND TOTAL PUMPING RATE FOR ALL PUMPED WELLS DURING LONG-TERM,
MULTI-WELL AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

HYDROGRAPHS OF PUMPING RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL PUMPED WELLS

FIGURE 4. PHOTOGRAPHS OF TYPICAL PUMPED
WELL SET-UP DURING LONG-TERM, MULTI-WELL
AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT,
PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA

FIGURE 5. PHOTOGRAPHS OF SPRINGS AND
DAM MONITORED DURING LONG-TERM, MULTIWELL
AQUIFER TEST, ROSEMONT PROJECT,
PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA