Aquifer (Water Overlay)

The aquifer is an additional definition for the ground, allowing for ground horizontal flow different from the ground terrain's GROUND_INFILTRATION_MD.

Icon	Key	Unit	Range	Description	Default value
	AQUIFER_KD	m²/day		The aquifer's hydraulic conductivity, determining the speed of horizontal water flow underground.	n/a
	AQUIFER_DATUM	m + datum		The datum height at which the aquifer layer is situated.	n/a

Notes

• The aquifer only functions if its hydraulic conductivity is greater than 0. If it is 0 or less the aquifer is disregarded, and the GROUND_INFILTRATION_MD of the ground terrain is used.
• The aquifer functionality is also used to model drainages.
• Overlapping Aquifers are not allowed. Should in any location two or more Aquifers overlap, the values of one of them is used, and the values of the others are ignored.

See also

• Ground model (Water Overlay)
• Ground flow formula (Water Overlay)#Aquifer formula

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