Interpretation of an injection test in a large diameter well in south Portugal and contribution to the understanding of the local hydrogeology

Costa, Luís R. D.; Monteiro, José Paulo; Oliveira, Manuel M.; Ferreira, João Paulo Lobo; Leitão, Teresa E.; Carvalho, Tiago; Carvalho, José Martins de; Agostinho, Rui

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Costa, Luís R. D.

Monteiro, José Paulo

Oliveira, Manuel M.

Ferreira, João Paulo Lobo

Leitão, Teresa E.

Carvalho, Tiago

Carvalho, José Martins de

Agostinho, Rui

Abstract(s)

This paper refers to the interpretation of an injection test in a traditional large diameter well in Querença-Silves aquifer, south Portugal, under the scope of the project FP7-ENV-2013-WATER-INNO-DEMO MARSOL. Hydraulic parameter estimates were found within a high level of uncertainty regarding aquifer and well configuration. Given the injection test results together with the knowledge acquired on the field and from previous well logs and pumping tests on this aquifer section, it seems plausible to assume that the water injected in the well is locally flowing to an opposite direction to the regional aquifer flow. This forcing could possibly be caused by the existence of a local confinement or aquitard separating the injection well from the regional aquifer, or simply due to local scale heterogeneities and fracturation patterns.