Modeling Two‐Well System in a Stratified Aquifer

Abstract

A mathematical model and computational methods were developed for the flow behavior analysis of a stratified aquifer in response to simultaneous pumping of two fluids from both sides of the interface. A typical application may be found in coastal aquifers for suppressing the salinity upconing often encountered by the single well pumping. Using two numerical methods, the boundary element method and the finite element method, two‐dimensional steady state conditions were simulated for the two‐well system. The computed results were compared with bench scale experiments and the Dupuit approximation theory.