The well will be dry because heads are well below the bottom of layer 1 (elevation 50m) and layer 2 (elevation -20m).

This calculation was made assuming that the full transmissivity is effective at the well bore because these layers were simulated as a confined layers. The actual head in the area of the cell would be lower than the calculated head. The layer type could be changed to a convertible type to better represent the aquifer conditions, but if the well goes dry using this full transmissivity, it will only be worse with a reduced transmissivity.

To compound this issue, recall the actual water level in the well will be lower than the head calculated in the grid cell because the head in the grid cell is the average head over that area while the head in the well is the lowest head in the grid cell.

HOWEVER, given that this situation relies upon cyclic recovery, higher storage coefficient that would accompany an unconfined condition may make this strategy feasible.

At this point, one would conclude that the system cannot support this pumping scenario, until we assessed unconfined storage potential.