Abdul Samad

Mr. Abdul Samad

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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 March 2025 in Hydrology
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Muhammad Waleed QureshiMuhammad Waleed Qureshi
Muhammad Waleed Qureshi
MIMuhammad Azhar Inam
Muhammad Azhar Inam
Raffaele AlbanoRaffaele Albano
Raffaele Albano
Abdul SamadAbdul Samad
Abdul Samad
HFHafiz Umar Farid
Hafiz Umar Farid
MAMuhammad Usman Ali
Muhammad Usman Ali
In arid regions, irrigated agriculture is mainly dependent on groundwater. In Pakistan, 73% of agricultural land is directly or indirectly irrigated through groundwater. In Punjab (Pakistan), 1.2 million private tube wells are operating, mainly extracting 90% of the country’s groundwater. Most of these wells are poorly designed due to improper site investigations and poor estimations of the aquifer’s hydraulic parameters. As a result, most wells become dry, causing considerable financial losses to farmers. Hence, optimizing the well-designed parameters through proper soil investigations is essential. This research aims to develop a statistical model for estimating the hydraulic conductivity of soil through on-site investigation: five sites were selected in Multan (Pakistan), and seven samples were collected at each location from 3, 6, 9,12,15,18, and 21 m depth. For hydraulic conductivity, soil texture, and porosity, soil laboratory tests were carried out. Finally, a statistical model was developed using hydrological parameters such as average grain size distribution (D50), uniformity coefficient (U), and porosity (n). Statistically computed hydraulic conductivity was verified with experimentally measured and empirically derived hydraulic conductivity. Statistically measured hydraulic conductivity showed closer agreement with experimentally measured hydraulic conductivity than the empirically measured hydraulic conductivity: root mean square error (RMSE), correlation coefficient (Cc), and mean absolute error (MAE) are, respectively, equal to 0.013, 0.93, and 0.011.