Discussion of paper by J. N. Luthin and J. W. Holmes, “An analysis of the flow of water in a shallow, linear aquifer, and of the approach to a new equilibrium after intake”

Abstract

This paper [Luthin and Holmes, 1960] represents another significant contribution to the rapidly growing literature in the field of transient ground-water hydraulics. It is worthy of note, however, that the complement of the error function sufficiently describes water-table levels in the aquifer from time zero until the water begins to flow from the outlet end of the aquifer for the conditions set forth by the authors.