Estimating Water Fluxes Across the Sediment–Water Interface in the Lower Merced River, California

Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5216

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5216

Table 7. Estimated hydraulic conductivity by slug test and (or) grain-size analysis at downstream transect (transect 1).

[Bouwer and Rice = slug test method; Hazen = grain-size method. BW, blank well; ID, identification; m, meter; RW, river well]

USGS site ID number	Monitoring well ID number	Location and type	Depth	Method of hydraulic conductivity estimate	Measured hydraulic conductivity (m/day)
372312120481051	BW-051	Bank monitoring well, north bank	shallow	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	60
372312120481052	BW-052	Bank monitoring well, north bank	deep	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	70
372312120481043	RW-043	River monitoring well, river right	shallow	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	100
				Hazen, 1911	20
372312120481044	RW-044	River monitoring well, river right	deep	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	50
372312120481034	RW-034	River monitoring well, middle	shallow	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	30
				Hazen, 1911	70
372312120481035	RW-035	River monitoring well, middle	deep	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	20
372312120481025	RW-025	River monitoring well, river left	shallow	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	no slug test
				Hazen, 1911	70
372312120481026	RW-026	River monitoring well, river left	deep	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	40
372312120481016	BW-016	Bank monitoring well, south bank	shallow	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	10
372312120481017	BW-017	Bank monitoring well, south bank	deep	Bouwer and Rice, 1976	80