Comparing The Influence Of Aquifer Heterogeneity On Borehole Design, Test Pump Results And Interpretations Between The Primary Cape Flats And Atlantis Aquifers Of The Western Cape, South Africa.
The recent Western Cape drought initiated large scale development of the Cape Flats Aquifer (CFA) and refurbishment of the Atlantis Water Resource Management Scheme (AWRMS). Both aquifers are comprised of primary sediments of the Sandveld Group. Lithologies and depositional environments of the two aquifers are often directly compared and linked, but recent borehole drilling in these two aquifers is highlighting their inherent differences.