Examination of 2‐D Groundwater Recharge Solution

Abstract

The analytical solution proposed by Rao and Sarma for predicting growth of groundwater mounds resulting from infiltration into bounded aquifers is examined for validity when the aquifer is assumed infinite in size. Rao and Sarma concluded that an aquifer can be assumed infinite when the ratio of corresponding linear dimensions of the aquifer and infiltration surface (A/L) is made arbitrarily large; they used