###### Abstract
In addition, increasing population, unconstrained pumping for agricultural needs, and climate change have disturbed the balance between water demand and supply. If groundwater depletion continues then the upper portion of the aquifer might run dry in the near future. Aquifer depletion can be arrested with better understanding and proper utilization of aquifer which in turn requires detailed groundwater profiling. Water flow and storage depend on the hydraulic properties of the aquifers and affect the timing, locations, and depletion of the aquifer which is important for hydrogeologists and policymakers to formulate appropriate management strategies and implementation of relevant interventions required. For this purpose, it is essential to know the accurate hydraulic properties of the aquifer [16]. Grain size, lithology, and geometric nature of the deposited sediments are important agents for the development of clastic fluvial aquifers and their hydraulic characteristics [17; 18]. Depending on the origin, transporting agent, and distance from the source to depositional place, the sediments may vary in size from very coarse alluvial fan gravels and channel deposits. The depression fill deposits act as an aquifer with high hydraulic conductivity, whereas fine lacustrine clays have low hydraulic conductivity. For modeling purposes, hydraulic conductivity plays an important role in determining the flow through pores. It is also used for designing retention ponds, roadbeds, and any system designed to capture runoff. Hence, the prediction of water mobility within the aquifer needs accurate values of hydraulic parameters. Being an underground resource, the measurement, monitoring, and management of groundwater are more difficult than surface water. Using hydraulic properties, computer software such as Modflow, Visual MODFLOW, Feeflow, etc, estimate the rates, locations, and timing of streamflow depletion in response to groundwater pumping. Researchers have used various techniques including empirical equations developed for the particular area using surface resistivity methods and pumping to estimate aquifer potential and hydraulic properties [19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24]. Hydraulic properties of an aquifer are conventionally determined using either rock samples or pumping test results. Rock samples are taken from different depths and locations and analyzed in the laboratory which is costly and is seldom available. On the other hand, a pumping test yields information and cannot capture aquifer heterogeneity. The purpose \begin{table}
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**Period** & **Rate of Decline (m/Year)** \\ \hline
1960–1967 & 0.2987 \\
1967–1973 & 0.5486 \\
1973–1980 & 0.6004 \\
1980–2000 & 0.6492 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 1: Water table decline in the Upper Bari Doab area. of this study is to provide the spatial distribution pattern of hydraulic properties of the aquifer in the Lower Bari Doab (LBD) in the Punjab Province. The Lower Bari Doab (Figure 1) is an important part of the Upper Indus Basin. This study provides the characterization of hydraulic properties and is fundamental for the assessment of the future availability of groundwater resources and management. These hydraulic properties--including lithology, micro-fractures, conductivity, porosity, and permeability of the strata [25] can control the aquifer and thus, are mandatory for the development and management of the aquifer in an area. The results from this study would provide useful information for groundwater modeling that will lead to improved aquifer management. A novel approach to finding hydraulic properties of the aquifer by combining laboratory data and pumping test results for estimating hydraulic conductivity surrounding to pumping well has been introduced. The data obtained from the pumping test is refined using laboratory data of different depths which is then used to create zonations and in turn calculate hydraulic properties.