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WELLS

Advanced Multi-Well Pumping Test Analysis Tool

WELLS offers detailed aquifer drawdown simulations and variable-rate pumping test analysis using analytical methods and parameter estimation integration.

WELLS is a versatile C-based code for analyzing multi-well, variable-rate pumping tests. It simulates drawdown in confined, unconfined, and leaky aquifers, accounting for wellbore storage, complex pumping rates, and boundary conditions.

WELLS is available on GitLab

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WELLS.jl is available on GitHub

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Analytical Solutions

WELLS computes the drawdown/hydraulic head at one or more predefined locations due to pumping at one or multiple locations in an aquifer. The computation is based on a variety of available analytical solutions.

The analytical solutions implemented in WELLS can be broadly classified in the following categories:

WELLS has been applied to the following studies:

  • open_in_newIdentification of Pumping Influences in Long-Term Water Level Fluctuations (Harp and Vesselinov, 2011)
  • open_in_newAccounting for the influence of aquifer heterogeneity on spatial propagation of pumping drawdown (Harp and Vesselinov, 2011)
  • open_in_newOn simulation and analysis of variable-rate pumping tests (Mishra et al., 2011)

The code was originaly developed at the University of Mining & Geology, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1992 by Velimir V. Vesselinov (Monty).

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