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Figure 72 Discharge/drawdown curves. Specifi c (a) and characteristic (b) (La Trinité, Alpes-
Maritimes).
5.3.2 Aquifer tests
These allow the evaluation of an aquifer's hydrodynamic parameters, the
specifi cation of its limit conditions and its eventual heterogeneities, and the
prediction of drawdown effects as a function of the pumping discharge, as
well as possible environmental effects over a varying distance.