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  <dc:contributor>Charles E. Heywood</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Conde R. Thorn</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2001</dc:date>
  <dc:description>The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is interested in gaining a &#13;
better understanding, both quantitative and qualitative, of &#13;
the aquifer system in and around Albuquerque. Currently (2000), the &#13;
City of Albuquerque and surrounding municipalities are &#13;
completely dependent on ground-water reserves for their municipal &#13;
water supply. This report presents the results of a long-term aquifer &#13;
test conducted near the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.&#13;
&#13;
The long-term aquifer test was conducted during the winter of &#13;
1994-95. The City of Albuquerque Griegos 1 water production well &#13;
was pumped continuously for 54 days at an average pumping rate of &#13;
2,331 gallons per minute. During the 54-day pumping and a 30-day &#13;
recovery period, water levels were recorded in a monitoring network &#13;
that consisted of 3 production wells and 19 piezometers located &#13;
at nine sites. These wells and piezometers were screened in river &#13;
alluvium and (or) the upper and middle parts of the Santa Fe Group &#13;
aquifer system. In addition to the measurement of water levels, &#13;
aquifer-system compaction was monitored during the aquifer test &#13;
by an extensometer. Well-bore video and flowmeter surveys were &#13;
conducted in the Griegos 1 water production well at the end of the &#13;
recovery period to identify the location of primary water-&#13;
producing zones along the screened interval.&#13;
&#13;
Analytical results from the aquifer test presented in this &#13;
report are based on the methods used to analyze a leaky confined &#13;
aquifer system and were performed using the computer software &#13;
package AQTESOLV. Estimated transmissivities for the Griegos 1 &#13;
and 4 water production wells ranged from 10,570 to 24,810 feet &#13;
squared per day; the storage coefficient for the Griegos 4 well &#13;
was 0.0025. A transmissivity of 13,540 feet squared per day and a &#13;
storage coefficient of 0.0011 were estimated from the data collected &#13;
from a piezometer completed in the production interval of the Griegos &#13;
1 well.</dc:description>
  <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>10.3133/wri004291</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Analytical results of a long-term aquifer test conducted near the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a section on piezometric-extensometric test results</dc:title>
  <dc:type>reports</dc:type>
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