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which it is important to respect the standards and perform
verifications. The large scale is that of pumping tests, which
must be interpreted for steady-state.
The results presented here have shown that, when
stratification is adequately considered, slug tests are interpreted
according to standards, and the resulting
K
distributions are
taken into account, the conclusion is that there is no scale effect.
Therefore, using a quality control approach for analyzing the
GSDCs and interpreting field test data is essential for cross-
checks, and for avoiding the creation of artificial scale effects.
7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author thanks the National Research Council of Canada,
BFI Ltd (Lachenaie), the Régie de l’eau de Sorel-Tracy and
Aquatech (Sorel), the Shannon Citizen’s Committee, Charles
Veilleux and Associates, and the FARC (Shannon).
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