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Slug Test
Slug Test
Slug Test
The aquifer parameters obtained from a slug test are typically less representative of the aquifer surrounding the
well than an aquifer test which involves pumping in one
2 Performing a slug test
well and monitoring in another. Complications arise from
A slug test is in contrast to standard aquifer tests, which near-well eects (i.e., well skin and wellbore storage),
typically involve pumping a well at a constant owrate, which may make it dicult to get accurate results from
and monitoring the response of the aquifer in nearby mon- slug test interpretation.
itoring wells. Often slug tests are performed instead of a
constant rate test, because:
4 See also
Aquifer test
Well test
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