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Hello Raju Thapa,

There is no software that can uniquely identify (name) an aquifer. Rather, software are used in mapping or modelling lithostratigraphic units based on discontinuities in physical properties of the various layers and aquifers are inferred from them using geological constraints. However, some highly experienced practitioners do use speculative approach in crudely identifying aquifers.

There are lots of software for modelling aquifer. For modelling aquifers from electrical resistivity data on windows, software like WINRESIST, IPI2WIN and so on can be very useful.

Hope you will find my suggestion useful.

Thanks for your suggestion sir.

I have carried out several borehole drilling in my study area and now o want to map the aquifer using the software.  

Two aspectos.

Software yo processing geoelectrica data (eg. ERT): res2dinv and ipiwin

Software to mapping obtained results: surfer (golden software)

Thank you Omar Delgado-Rodríguez. I have tried the Golden software surfer-14, and Golden software Voxler-4 but couldn't do it. Do you have any procedure or reference materials regarding this. it will help me a lot.

 What kind of data are you processing?

Geoelectric or geological data?

Geological data

Numerical (quantitative) data or  qualitative información?

In case of qualitative información, you should convert to quantitative información. Forma example, limestone = 1, sand = 2, and so on, and mapping using gps data.

To use surfer you need a worksheet that include X,Y,Z. X,Y are utm or relative distance. Z is the quantitative information.

What about the GIS, ArcGIS may fit your demand, and in China we usually use the MAPGIS to do the aquifer mapping work.

Thank you Respected Yasong Li for your suggestion. Is it really possible to use ArcGIS in this matter? i have a little exposure of ArcGIS? Could you please p[provide me some text or anything related to this matter. Thank you in advance

In China, if we do the similar work, we could have the boundary conditions of the research area, and enough dill information, then we could draw the map by using GIS, and you need to know how many aquifer layers you need to draw, and you need have enough hydrogeological parameters. By the way, what's your purpose to map the aquifer, may be the software you choose will affected by your next work step.

Sorry for I could not find the text to provide you more information, hope U would find more online.

Thank you sir for your valuable thought.

I have enough dill information about my study area. I will try to map in ArcGIS as per your suggestion. Sir like you mention earlier MAPGIS software, is it a purchase software or an open source?  

Dear Raju,

Which software you found to be suitable for aquifer mapping?

Best wishes

ArcGIS is a good option

If you still looking for open source software to model groundwater, I would recommend ModelMuse from USGS. The interface is very peculiar, but you may go over the examples provided on the help section of the software to get an understanding about how to model groundwater using it. After you get used to the modeling process, it is very helpful.