Patent ID: 9181795
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: E03B,E21B,G01V

Abstract:
1. A method for extracting water from a groundwater resource, the method comprising: (a) providing a production bore adapted to extract groundwater from a groundwater resource; (b) providing a monitoring bore adapted to monitor the groundwater resource; (c) providing a production data logger associated with the production bore, the production data logger adapted to measure a flow rate of groundwater from the groundwater resource; (d) providing a monitoring data logger in the monitoring bore, the monitoring data logger adapted to measure a hydraulic head of water in the monitoring bore; (e) providing a programmed system adapted to receive data from the production data logger and the monitoring data logger; (f) receiving data into the programmed system relating to the hydraulic head of water in the monitoring bore, the hydraulic head of water in the monitoring bore being an indicator of the capability of extracting groundwater from the production bore, (g) computing probability distributions of hydraulic head of groundwater for the production bore using the programmed system; (h) constructing a programmed model of the groundwater resource to compute probability distributions of water drawdowns from the groundwater resource; (i) computing hydraulic head trigger points by the programmed system for further water extraction action, the trigger points are: (1) a review trigger point (T (2) a response trigger point (T wherein (j) changing the extraction rate from the production bore.