The curve-matching scheme for the nth average water-table drop rate proposed here can be used in short-term pumping. The hydrogeological parameters for any observation borehole can be obtained by this method so long as the pumping data within two to three hours following the water-table drop are available. The standard curve in the method is bow-shaped and incurs little arbitrariness and personal influence during curve-matching, thus guaranteeing the accuracy of the results in a certain extent.