Estimation of hydraulic properties from pumping tests data of Nairobi area, Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Owuor, Steven O.
dc.contributor.author Schüth, Christoph
dc.contributor.author Lehné, Rouwen J.
dc.contributor.author Hoppe, Andreas
dc.contributor.author Obiri, Joshua
dc.contributor.author Nyaberi, Daniel M.
dc.contributor.author Kibet, Monicah K.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-03T12:26:51Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-03T12:26:51Z
dc.date.issued 2016-02
dc.identifier.citation International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology; Volume: 05 Issue: 02 | Feb-2016 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2319-1163
dc.identifier.issn 2321-7308
dc.identifier.uri http://esatjournals.net/ijret/2016v05/i02/IJRET20160502060.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/2089
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study was to determine the hydraulic properties of Nairobi area in order to highlight the groundwater potential and to identify the distribution of hydraulic characteristics of aquifers in the area as well as to highlight vulnerability of the aquifer to heavy abstraction. Documented pumping tests data of boreholes located in Nairobi County were analyzed. Pumping test data from eighty four (84) single-well boreholes were analyzed in AQTESOLV software to determine transmissivity and storativity using Cooper-Jacob’s, Theis’s, Papadopolus-Cooper’s and Theis’s recovery methods. Hydraulic conductivity was calculated based on the relationship between hydraulic conductivity and transmissivity. The values of transmissivity for all wells ranged between 1.11 and 360.58 m²/d by using Theis -and Cooper-Jacob methods, 1.10 and 360.58 m²/d by Papadopulos-Cooper method and between 1.289 and 677.81 m²/d by Theis recovery method. The city of Nairobi faces increasing ground-water demand due to ever rising population which is mainly driven by rural-urban migration and industrial growth. Surface water has not only been over-stretched but also heavily polluted and unreliable thus groundwater is the only reliable alternative source of water in the area. Lava and pyroclastic formed during Cenozoic age make up the geology. Under these lavas and pyroclastic rocks lie schists of Precambrian age and gneisses of Mozambique belt of the same age. These results indicate that the aquifer is heterogeneous and that the groundwater supply for local water supply (small communities and plants) is reliable but withdrawal for great regional supply is limited. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Hydraulic Properties en_US
dc.subject Groundwater Management en_US
dc.subject Igneous Rocks en_US
dc.subject Pumping Test en_US
dc.subject Nairobi en_US
dc.title Estimation of hydraulic properties from pumping tests data of Nairobi area, Kenya en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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