GROUND WATER FOR WINDOWS (GWW) TRAINING TUTORIAL

Ground Water for Windows ... Training Tutorial_____________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________Software Date: November 1996 Tutorial Date: January 1997

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GROUND WATER FOR WINDOWS (GWW)TRAINING TUTORIAL

1. INTRODUCTION

Software Name: Ground Water for Windows (GWW)Software Version: 1.31 (November 1996) .. 4 floppy diskettes; compressed filesExample: Mujib Basin, Jordan (wells coded with CDxxxx)Data Files: One floppy diskette labeled Disk 5

If this training is run as a course, it is designed to last 5 days at about 7 hours each day. For training,wells from the Mujib Basin in Jordan are selected. The data files copied to one floppy disk are asfollows:CD.mas Master dataCD.lth Lithologic data, 503 wellsCD.chm Chemical data, 133 wellsCD.ctg and .ctw Chemical time series, 30 wellsCD.hyd Water level monitoring wells, 21 wellsCD.abg and .abm Abstraction data, 309 wells

These are ASCII files. Each file contains, in addition to its thematic content, information on locationof a well (X and Y coordinates, in the Jordan Transverse Mercator coordinate system), and elevationof a well. Some of files, such as CD.chm, CD.abg, and CD.ctg, contain also well name.

NOTE. Depending on which GWW.INI (Windows initialization file) and GWW.000 (GWW blankdata base or template) files you have received, the software is prepared to start in either American(feet, gallon) or metric units. The example used for this tutorial is in metric units. You may use thesame example data set even if your GWW.INI and GWW.000 files are in feet. In that case there maybe some differences which will be discussed in this tutorial.

Installation Note. On diskette No. 5 there will be a file GWW.000 prepared in metric units andfor this example. It contains maps and other files required to create various maps as explained in thisTutorial. To save the file GWW.000 which is the GENERAL (BLANK) TEMPLATE and which iscurrently in the directory C:\GWW, do the following:

1. Rename the file GWW.000 in the directory C:\GWW to GWW.ORG.2. Copy from the C:\MUJIB directory the file GWW.000 to C:\GWW.3. Work with examples in this Tutorial.4. When finished, copy back GWW.ORG to GWW.000.

Step 1 saves the template file GWW.000, which is a part of the GWW package for your real workwith your data and databases. Step 2 makes the GWW.000 a template for the example data base,MUJIB.GWW which you will create using this specific template. Step 4 returns back the originaltemplate which is blank, that is without data or maps.



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DAY ONE

2. INSTALLATION

Installation from DOS. Put the disk 1 in A: drive. Type (from A: or C:) A:INSTALL. Follow theprompts from the screen. When done, place the disk 2 into A: drive, repeat the same command(A:INSTALL). Do the same for disk 3 and disk 4. Do not install disk 5.

Installation from Windows 3.11. Put the disk 1 in drive A:. From Program Manager, click on File,then on Run and type the command A:INSTALL. Follow the prompts on the screen.

Installation from Windows 95. Put the disk 1 in drive A:. Click on Start, then on Run and type thecommand A:INSTALL. Follow the prompts on the screen.

Before you can run the program you must do the following.

1. In DOS:

1.1. Modify Autoexec.bat file by adding the line: SET GWW=X:\GWW. Type this line before thecommand line WIN, if such line exists in the Autoexec.bat file. The character X should bereplaced by the letter of your hard disk onto which the GWW software has been installed.Normally this is the C drive. You may install the software onto a networked server. In that casethe letter could be any (M, N, H, etc.). Remember to restart the computer after this change ismade.

1.2. Make a directory with the name MUJIB. In C: directory, type from the root directory (C:\) MDMUJIB.

2. WINDOWS 3.11:

You must create in your computer a Windows “program icon” to have means to start the GWWprogram. For this training place this icon into the Main group.

2.1. Select Main group. Its title bar is highlighted.2.2. From the File menu in Program Manager, choose New. The New Program Object dialog box

will appear.2.3. Select the program Item option, and then choose OK. The program Item dialogue box will

appear.2.4. In the description box, type GWW.2.5. In the Command line box, type C:\GWW\GWWA.EXE.2.6. In the Working Directory box, type C:\MUJIB.

The screen should look as shown in Figure 2-1.



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Figure 2- 1

After you click on OK, the screen will display the GWW icon within the Main group. One of possibledisplays is as shown in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2- 2

3. Windows 95:

3.1. Make the GWW icon as a part of the start menu. Click on Start/Settings/Task bar/Start menuProgram/Add...1. When the Create Shortcut dialog appears type in the Command line

1 The slash bar in this case is interpreted as “do this, then this, then ...”



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C:\GWW\GWWA.EXE (or another hard drive letter instead of C). Click on Next. When the SelectFolder dialog appears click on Start Menu/Next/Finish.

3.2. To make C:\Mujib the working directory for your data, do the following. Click onStart/Settings/Taskbar/Start Menu Programs/Advanced. Click once on GWW, then onFile/Properties/Shortcut. In the dialog box labeled Gwwa Properties, in Start in: type C:\MUJIB..Click OK/File/Close/OK. Next time you click on Start, the GWW icon will be displayed on top ofthe column. There are other ways to create GWW icon and place it on desktop, start menu, or as aprogram.



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3. BROWSING THROUGH AN EMPTY DATA BASE (TEMPLATE)

Using GWW you have two options:

1. To create a new data base; and2. To work with an existing data base.

In this exercise you will browse through an empty (new) data base. Follow the steps2:

1. Find the GWW icon in your Main group. Double click on this icon (or click once and pressENTER). The screen display is as shown in Figure 3-1.

Figure 3-1

You are expected to type a name for your new data base. In the box labeled as Filename typeMujib.gww and press ENTER (or click on OK button). The screen is as shown in Figure 3-2. This isthe main screen of GWW.

Figure 3-2

2 In the rest of Tutorial we will assume that you are running Windows 3.11 system.



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2. Explore the template3. The template is the file GWW.000 which is by default located in the GWWprogram directory. In this example this is C:\GWW4. Click on Applications. The screen is asshown in Figure 3-3. This is the main application screen from which you work withpreprogrammed thematic modules.

Figure 3-3

3 GWW windows do not cover the whole monitor screen. There are empty margins beyond a GWW window. There is

no reason why you should, but if you do click with the mouse into these areas the GWW screen will “disappear.”The effect is the same as minimizing the application, that is sending it to the background. You should “find” theapplication “lost” in this way by holding the CTRL key and pressing the ESC key. The combination Ctrl+ESCbrings the Windows Task List showing all currently open applications. Locate the GWW application and doubleclick on it. This will bring the GWW screen back again.

In Windows 95 there is no problem of this kind since each application is shown on the Task Bar with its icon.

If you do not bring the GWW screen back but instead make another attempt to open the GWW program by clickingon the GWW icon, the program will not let you open the same data base file for the second time. You will notice inthe Title bar that the name of the data base file is not selected, that is the data base file name will look like []. Ifyou attempt to open the same data base file which is already open, the GWW program will display an error “Database still in use or corrupt.” The first part of this message will be the correct one.

If you see an error message with something like Refer. Data Error, followed by some numbers, this is a positive signthat the data base is corrupted! You are not advised to continue working with this data base because the integrity ofdata has been compromised. You should quit the GWW application (sometimes by using the CTRL+ALT+DELcombination) and from the DOS prompt copy the backup data base. Use the command COPY EXAMPLE.BAKEXAMPLE.GWW. This is interpreted as “make a copy using the good back up and replace the corrupted database.” A backup of your currently open data base is automatically made by GWW whenever you open a data baseand select either an application or a command from the Tools menu.

If you wish to force GWW to make a more recent back up, you should exit the GWW, and start it again forcing theprogram to update its back up. This may be a good practice!

4 You may replace this template by one of your own. Create a new data base without entering data. Make some projectmaps if you wish. Copy this data base file into GWW.000 and replace the one supplied with the rest of theprogram.



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3. Click on Mapping. For the future reference, note that at this moment GWW creates a backup ofthe data base file Mujib.gww which is automatically named Mujib.bak. Should you crash the program(pull out power cord and you will crash the application!), you will still have the backup. However,you will loose all additions, creations, modifications, etc. which you may make in the current session.Click on Map. The screen looks as shown in Figure 3-4.

Figure 3-4

4. Click on Old Map. Notice the list of precreated maps that are made a part of the blank templatefor Jordan. Click once on the last map’s name. Its name is transferred into the ‘mapname’selection line (Figure 3-5).

Figure 3-5



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Click on OK. The map of Jordan will be displayed. It is created using the JTM (Jordan TransverseMercator) coordinate system. The screen looks as shown in Figure 3-6.

Figure 3-6

5. Click on Area on the menu bar (upper horizontal line with entries such as Map, Grid, Random,Area, Line, etc.). Click on Old Area. Notice the list of ‘areas’. These are digitized boundaries ofsurface water basins, of Jordan, and of Amman-Zarqa area. ‘Lakes’ contains Lake Tiberias andthe Dead Sea. Close this dialog box by clicking on Cancel. Click now on Lines, then on Old Line.Notice again that three ‘lines’ have been precreated and entered into the template data base ofJordan. Close this dialog box by clicking on Cancel.

6. Add now a new content to the existing map that is currently displayed. Click on Area. Click onOld Area. Click with the mouse on the line ‘MujibBasinJTM’. Click on OK. Click on Area again,then on Add Area to Map. The screen displays a new content as shown in Figure 3-7. Save thismap. Click on Map (upper left corner on the menu bar). Click on Save Map As. In the dialog boxthat will appear type in the window MujibMap. The screen is as shown in Figure 3-8. Click on OK(or press ENTER).



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Figure 3-7 Figure 3-8

This map is now one of maps saved as objects. You can retrieve it at any time.

7. Close this application. Click on Map, then on Exit5. Click on Data, then on Exit to exit the GWWprogram. GWW automatically updates your data base. In this example this is the base Mujib.gww.All what you did is saved.

5 In rare instances clicking on Exit will not produce the effect desired. Use alternatives, such as Alt F4 combination

of keys, or click on small disk symbol in the upper left corner.



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4. EXAMINE TOOLS AND DATA STRUCTURE

In this example you will use the data base Mujib.gww and examine the data structure for selectedapplications (i.e. Chemistry).

1. Open the data base by clicking on icon GWW in Main group. The program knows6 that youworked last time with the data base named Mujib.gww. Its name and path is displayed in the titlebar as shown in Figure 4-1.

Figure 4-1

2. Click on Tools. The program offers four options as shown in Figure 4-2.

Figure 4-2

This part of the program is the “heart” of the GWW package. Here you are allowed to make changesto data structure, you create data entry forms (input screens), and you design your output.

3. Change the data structure for chemistry. Remove entry CO3 and add an entry Benzene7.

3.1. Click on Data Structure Design. The menu bar shows only two options: File and Help. Click onFile. The screen is as shown in Figure 4-3.

6 The program updates each time you open a GWW data base a file named by default GWW.INI. This file is stored in

the C:\WINDOWS directory in your computer. It is a proprietary file to your computer and can be different in othercomputers.

7 Sooner or later the current data base for Jordan will need to be modified by adding some contaminant constituents(e.g. benzene, toluene, phenols, etc.).



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Figure 4-3.

You will use Old from this sub-menu. New User File/Old User File are options that you use for yourown “category” of data. GWW allows you to store and process other data than master, chemistry,water levels, lithology, pumping tests, and abstraction. For example, you may store rainfall, springs’flow, surface water discharges, etc. For this you would use “User Files.”

3.2. Click on Old. The screen displays a dialog box as shown in Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4

3.3. Click on Chemistry and press ENTER (or double click on Chemistry, or click once onChemistry, then click on OK). A list of “template” parameters is displayed (Figure 4-5).



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Figure 4-5

Move the display by draging sliding bar on the right side.

3.4. Delete CO3. Click on CO3 and click on Delete. Task is accomplished.3.5. Add Benzene. Click on New. Fill the dialog box as shown in Figure 4-6.

Figure 4-6

Click on OK; accept the defaults from the next dialog box. When done the screen will look as shownin Figure 4-7. Entry ‘Benzene’ is listed as the last parameter in this new data structure.



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Figure 4-7

Click on OK, then on File, then on Exit. You will be returned to the Main menu of GWW. Unlessyou make new changes your chemical data base structure will feature the changes that you justmade8.

4. Check the entry form for Chemistry after you made a change as above.

4.1. Click on Applications, then on Chemistry, then on Samples. The screen displays an inputwindow as shown in Figure 4-8. GWW always displays one of its own forms after a change is madein data structure.

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Before exiting, you will notice that it takes some time (seconds or minutes, depending how much data you mayhave) for the program to “restructure” your data, that is to remove values for CO3 and to make space for benzene.



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Figure 4-8

This form contains a space for each of chemical constituents declared in the Chemistry datastructure, including the newly created Benzene. However, we may want to create a nicer form. Thiswill be done in step 5.



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5. MODIFY EXISTING ENTRY FORM FOR CHEMICAL DATA

1. Exit Chemistry application. Click on Data, then on Exit. From the Main menu select Tools, thenData Entry Forms Editor. Click on Chemistry, then on Samples. The display is as shown in Figure 5-1. On the left are listed all data fields (entries) that are a part of data structure for two applications:Chemistry and Master Data.

Figure 5-1

2. Click on Form, then on Old. Select the only form that is made a part of the GWW/Jordantemplate, that is Standard. Double click on Standard, or click once and click on OK. The programdisplays the form internally labeled as ‘Standard.’ The form looks as shown in Figure 5-2.



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Figure 5-2

The rectangle near the right side bottom is a helping device to read characteristics (attributes) of anyfield. At this moment no field has been selected. You may move this rectangle by clicking in its upperbar and dragging it to another place on the screen. Later, you may find this as an excellent helpingdevice in creating entry and reporting forms.

3. Add to this form a field for Benzene. Scroll the list of constituents on the left side until youidentify Benzene. Click on Benzene. Display is as shown in Figure 5-3.



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The rectangle above identifies the new field as ‘Benzene,’ it is a data field (other fields are: text anddrawing), by default it is 26 mm by 10 mm large, and it is currently located in the upper left cornerstarting at 1,103 (fraction of a millimeter, that is 0.1 mm horizontally and 10.3 mm vertically fromthe upper left corner).

4. Place the field ‘Benzene’ into an empty space, say below the field Easting. To “place” means thefollowing. Find the ‘Benzene’ field by scrolling down the entry form window. When you locate‘Benzene’ click inside the rectangle. The field is shown with a dashed frame, with a handle in eachcorner. Handles serve to resize the field. Click inside the field and drag it until it falls into placebelow the field ‘Easting.’ If successful, the screen will display as shown in Figure 5-4.

5. Change some attributes for this field. With the field ‘Benzene’ selected (handles shown), click onAttributes. Notice all options available (see Figure 5-5).



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Make changes to Data Font. Click on Data Font. The font selection dialog box is displayed as shownin Figure 5-6. Select the font of your choice, for Size use 8 points, and make it bold.

6. Save this modified form under the same name, ‘Standard.’ Click on Form (upper left corner), thenon Save. The program will not prompt you for the name since you are using one of existing forms. Ifyou wanted to keep the form Standard unmodified, and to have this modified form saved underanother name, you would have clicked on Save As ... Then you would be prompted for a name.

7. Click now on Form, then on Exit to close the Entry Form Editor. Return to application Chemistry.Click on Applications, then on Chemistry, then on Samples. After an entry form is displayed, click onData, then on ‘Select Entry Form.’ Click on Standard and see the change in entry forms. The screenis as shown in Figure 5-7.



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Figure 5-7

Exit Chemistry (click on Data, then on Exit). Exit the GWW program. Click on Data on the Mainmenu, then on Exit.



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6. CREATING CHEMICAL DATA BASE FOR MUJIB BASIN

1. Copy Mujib.chm from the disk supplied. Double click on the GWW icon, then on Applications,then on Chemistry, then on Samples. Click on Data, then on Standard ASCII Input. A dialog boxopens prompting you for the name of an ASCII file which may have chemical data. In your case,since you made the working directory C: \Mujib the program opens this directory by default. Ifyou followed the installation procedure, all data files are already copied to your computer(C:\Mujib). You may input an ASCII file directly from the C: drive, or you may follow theprocedure below.

Place the diskette labeled 5 into the A: drive, click on letter A: in the list in the dialog box, and noticethat on your floppy diskette there will be a file CD.CHM (see Figure 6-1). Click on this file and pressOK. The program copies data (samples) and creates a GWW data base. After all samples are input, amessage is displayed as shown in Figure 6-2. At this moment you have created a chemical portion ofthe Mujib data base which contains 133 samples.

Figure 6-1

Figure 6-2



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2. View one of samples, say CD1020. Type CD1020 in the field identified as ‘Identification.’ PressENTER key or use TAB. The program immediately displays the sample as shown in Figure 6-3.

Figure 6-3

3. View STIFF diagram for this sample. Click on Diagrams, then on Stiff Diagram. The display is asshown in Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-4



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4. Display Piper Diagram for all samples. Close this diagram. Click on button Close (top buttom atthe right). For a Piper Diagram you must create first a working (data) group.

4.1. Click on Data, then on Make Data Group. Click on ‘Select All’ button. All samples aretransferred to the ‘Selected’ side as shown in Figure 6-5. Click on OK.


4.2. Click on Diagrams, then on Piper. When a dialog box displays a message such as the one shownin Figure 6-6 press OK. (There are about 17 samples which are not complete.) Finally, a PiperDiagram is displayed as shown in Figure 6-7.



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Figure 6-7

5. Create a Wilcox diagram (irrigation water quality diagram) for samples with the electricalconductivity less than or equal to 1,000 µS/cm.

5.1. Close the Piper diagram. Click on the button Close in the upper right side corner. Click on Data,then on Make Data Group. Unselect all samples, that is click on the button ‘Unselect All.’ When theright side is empty and all samples transferred to the left side, click on ‘Select Condition.’ Move theslide bar next to the highlighted field ‘Well Ident’ down until you see the entry ‘Conductivity.’ Clickon Conductivity, then fill in the dialog box as shown in Figure 6-8.



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5.2. Click on OK, then again on OK. Click on Diagrams, then on Wilcox Diagram. Click on OKwhen a message is displayed, similar to the one in Figure 6-6. The screen displays a Wilcox Diagramas shown in Figure 6-9.

5.3. Close this diagram. Click Close. Exit Chemistry application. Click on Data, then on Exit. ExitGWW. Click on Data on the Main menu, then on Exit.

This terminates Day One.

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