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Main Title Development and Application of Borehole Flowmeters for Environmental Assessment.
Author Molz, F. J. ; Young, S. C. ;
CORP Author Auburn Univ., AL. Dept. of Civil Engineering. ;Tennessee Valley Authority, Norris. Engineering Lab.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher c1993
Year Published 1993
Report Number EPA/600/J-93/134;
Stock Number PB93-185817
Additional Subjects Boreholes ; Flowmeters ; Hydraulic conductivity ; Aquifers ; Measurement ; Well logging ; Prototypes ; Rocks ; Fracture zones ; Electromagnetic properties ; Faraday effect ; Reprints ; Spinner flowmeters
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NTIS  PB93-185817 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
In order to understand the origin of contaminant plumes and infer their future migration, one requires a knowledge of the hydraulic conductivity (K) distribution. In many aquifers, the borehole flowmeter offers the most direct technique available for developing a log of hydraulic conductivity in the horizontal direction. A new electromagnetic flowmeter developed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is based on Faraday's law and produces a voltage that is proportional to the velocity of the water passing through the central cylindrical channel of the meter. The threshold velocity of a prototype instrument is less than 8.8 + or - 0.9 cm/min. Calculation of a K distribution (granular aquifer) or flowpath distribution (fracture flow) based on flowmeter data is a straightforward process as described herein. Applications of both spinner and electromagnetic flowmeters to granular and fractured-rock aquifers are described.