A Simple Method for Determining Specific Yield from Pumping Tests
Water Supply Paper
1536-C
Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development
By: L.E. Ramsahoye and Solomon Max Lang
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Abstract
A simpler solution which greatly reduces the time necessary to compute the specific yield by the pumping-test method of Remson and Lang (1955) is presented. The method consists of computing the volume of dewatered material in the cone of depression and comparing it with the total volume of discharged water. The original method entails the use of a slowly converging series to compute the volume of dewatered material. The solution given herein is derived directly from Darcy's law.
Suggested Citation
Ramsahoye, L., and Lang, S.M., 1961, A Simple Method for Determining Specific Yield from Pumping Tests: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1536, iii, 41-46 p. (9 pages total), https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1536C.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | A Simple Method for Determining Specific Yield from Pumping Tests |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 1536 |
| Chapter | C |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp1536C |
| Year Published | 1961 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | iii, 41-46 p. (9 pages total) |