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AQTESOLV
Current Release: v 4.50.002 Click here for a summary of the latest features!
Platforms: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
Registered users of v4.x may upgrade at no charge. Please contact us with your serial number.

We encourage you to use the following tables to compare features in AQTESOLV Pro v4.5 to two competing aquifer test analysis software products (AquiferTest Pro v4 and AquiferWin32 Professional v3). The comparison tables encompass the following eight essential areas:

bulletsoftware interface and data entry
bulletworking with data loggers
bulletdiagnostic tools
bulletsolution methods
bulletcurve matching
bulletprediction/test design
bulletoutput
bulletsupport and training

Software Interface

AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Data Input Wizards bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Customizable Plots bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Agarwal Plots for Recovery Analysis bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Combined Drawdown/Derivative Plots bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Customizable Reports bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Solution Expert bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Context-Sensitive Help bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Quick Tips bullet8.gif (204 bytes)

Working With Data Loggers

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Import Functions bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Copy/Paste Data bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Date/Time Support bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Filters and Transformations bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)

Diagnostic Tools

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Diagnostic Flow Plots (radial, linear, bilinear, spherical) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Derivative Plots bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Slope Checking Tool bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    

Solution Methods

Only AQTESOLV includes solutions for the following conditions:

bulletunconfined pumping test with 3-D saturated/unsaturated flow (Tartakovsky and Neuman 2007)
bulletstep test in confined aquifer with wellbore storage (Dougherty and Babu 1984)
bulletstep test in leaky aquifer (Hantush and Jacob 1955)
bullethorizontal well (Daviau et al. 1985)
bulletinterceptor trench (Murdoch 1994)
bullettwo-aquifer confined system (Neuman and Witherspoon 1969)
bulletwedge-shaped aquifer (Hantush 1962)
bulletwater-table aquitard (Cooley and Case 1973)
bulletconfined/unconfined conversion (Moench and Prickett 1972)
bulletgeneralized radial flow model (Barker 1988)
bulletvertical fracture (Gringarten and Witherspoon 1972)
bullethorizontal fracture (Gringarten and Ramey 1974)
bullet slug test with inertial effects and partially penetrating wells (Butler 1998; Springer and Gelhar 1991; Butler and Zhan 2004)
bulletslug test with nonlinear effects (McElwee and Zenner 1998)
bulletslug test with well screened across water table (Dagan 1978)
bulletslug test in fractured aquifer (Barker and Black 1984)
bulletdeconvolution for slug test (Peres et al. 1989)
bulletconstant-head tests

Pumping Tests in Confined Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Theis (1935) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Theis (1935) residual drawdown bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Theis (1935) step test bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Cooper-Jacob (1946); Birsoy-Summers (1980) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Moench-Prickett (1972) w/unconfined conversion bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Butler (1988) nonuniform aquifer bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Papadopulos-Cooper (1967) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Dougherty-Babu (1984) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Dougherty-Babu (1984) step test bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Hantush (1962) wedge-shaped aquifer bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Murdoch (1994) interceptor trench bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Daviau et al. (1985) uniform flux and infinite conductivity horizontal well bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Barker (1988) generalized radial flow model bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Pumping Tests in Leaky Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Hantush-Jacob (1955) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Hantush-Jacob (1955) step test bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Hantush (1960) early-time solution bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Hantush (1960) complete solution bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Cooley-Case (1973) water-table aquitard bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Neuman-Witherspoon (1969) two-aquifer system bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Moench (1985) Cases 1, 2 and 3 bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Pumping Tests in Unconfined Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Theis (1935) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Cooper-Jacob (1946) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Neuman (1974); Moench (1993, 1996) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Moench (1997) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Tartakovsky-Neuman (2007) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Pumping Tests in Fractured Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Moench (1984) double porosity, slab and spherical blocks bullet8.gif (204 bytes) 1 bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Barker (1988) generalized radial flow model, slab and spherical blocks bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Gringarten-Witherspoon (1972) uniform-flux and infinite-conductivity vertical fracture bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Gringarten-Ramey (1974) uniform-flux horizontal fracture bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Slug Tests in Confined Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Bouwer-Rice (1976) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Cooper-Bredehoeft-Papadopulos (1967) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Dougherty-Babu (1984) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Hvorslev (1951) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Hyder et al. (1994)/KGS Model bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Butler (1998) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Butler-Zhan (2004) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Peres et al. (1989) deconvolution bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
McElwee-Zenner (1998) nonlinear slug test bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Slug Tests in Unconfined Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Bouwer-Rice (1976) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Hvorslev (1951) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Dagan (1978) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Hyder et al. (1994)/KGS Model bullet8.gif (204 bytes)   bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Springer-Gelhar (1991) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Slug Tests in Fractured Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Barker-Black (1984) double-porosity slug test bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Constant-Head Tests in Confined Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Jacob-Lohman (1952) type-curve and straight-line methods bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Hurst-Clark-Brauer (1968) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Dougherty-Babu (1984) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Barker (1988) single-porosity generalized radial flow model bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Constant-Head Tests in Leaky Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Hantush (1959) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Moench (1985) Case 1 bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Constant-Head Tests in Fractured Aquifers AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Barker (1988) double-porosity generalized radial flow model, slab and spherical blocks bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Ozkan-Raghavan (1991) uniform flux and infinite-conductivity vertical fracture bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Footnotes to Solution Methods
  1 AquiferTest includes the Warren and Root (1963) solution for a pumping test in a double-porosity fractured aquifer which is a special case of the more general solution by Moench (1984) included in AQTESOLV.

Curve Matching

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Visual Curve Matching bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Automatic Curve Matching bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Parameter Tweaking bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Type Curve Families bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Active Type Curves bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Multiwell Slug Tests w/Inertial Effects bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Recommended Head Ranges for Slug Tests bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Visual Matching for Combined Drawdown/Recovery Data bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Visual Matching for Combined Drawdown/Derivative Data bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Singular Value Decomposition for Automatic Matching bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Statistical Analyses for Parameters and Model Errors bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    

Prediction/Test Design

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Prediction for Pumping Tests bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Prediction for Slug Tests bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Prediction for Constant-Head Tests bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    
Transient Groundwater Mounding bullet8.gif (204 bytes)    

Output

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Plots bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Reports bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Statistical Plots bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
WYSIWYG Print Preview bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Company Logo bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Export Functions bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Contouring bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Batch Printing bullet8.gif (204 bytes)

Support and Training

  AQTESOLV AquiferTest AquiferWin32
Tutorials/Examples bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Context-Sensitive Help bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Free Telephone and Email Support bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
User Group bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)
Knowledge Base/FAQ bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)  
Training bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes) bullet8.gif (204 bytes)

We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in the foregoing tables. Please notify us if you find any errors.


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