Abstract

To consider the non-Darcian nature of groundwater flow and the permeability reduction owing to well and aquifer clogging, an Izbash's law-based analytical model with a time-dependent hydraulic conductivity function is proposed for constant-rate recharge and constant-head recharge. By means of linearization approximations, variable substitutions and the Laplace transform, approximate analytical solutions for the model are derived. Comparison of developed approximate analytical solutions with numerical solutions indicates that the approximate solutions are highly accurate except during the short period of initial recharge stage. The proposed model provides a theoretical basis for managed aquifer recharge involving clogging-related permeability reduction and non-Darcian flow.

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