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Fnu Saira
GEO 221 Environmental Geology
Lab 8 Answer Sheet
Exercise 1 –Choose Your Water Supply (4 points – 1 point per question)
1. Well A- 44.4 Well B-145.5 River-33.2
2. The water source in Well B is sufficiently hard for treatment.
3. Wells B and A, as they have good nutrients and are not heavily contaminated.
4. Despite being cautious of the hardness, I would probably use well B as my water source.
Exercise 2 – Groundwater Basics (8 points – 1 point per question)
5.
Unit 1 (Sand): 2-D
Unit 2 (Shale): 3-C
Unit 3 (Sandstone): 4-B
Unit 4 (Granite): 1-A
6. D and A
7. B and C
8. It is flowing west
9. It’s flowing East
10. They might need to find a better direction for the well to pump water if the golf course isn't able to
affect their pump.
11. Around 890 feet
12. 750
Exercise 3 – Putnam Hall, Florida
(5 points – 1 point per question)
13. Given the quantity of lakes, it is possible that a multitude of groundwater streams exist beneath the
surface.
14. a. 85 feet
b. 90 feet
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Fnu Saira
GEO 221 Environmental Geology
Lab 8 Answer Sheet
c. 85 feet
15. It is approximately 3,600 feet.
16. There are about 150 miles per hour between the two lakes.
17. The same surface elevations lead me to believe so.
Exercise 4 –Mapping a Water Table (6 points – 1 point per question)
18. G'7
19. G'8
20. The two are roughly sixty feet apart, with a three-elevation difference.
21. The water is moving toward the south-west.
22. 90
23. At that moment, it is contingent upon the strength and direction of the groundwater flow.
Exercise 5: Groundwater Contamination (7 points – 1 point per question)
24. Indeed, they ought to be worried. Specifically, Thomas and Morgen, as they were the closest to the
contamination.
25. J'3
26. Morgen and Thomas
27. 530
28. 2015
29. Thomas’s ranch
30. It can cause problems for other ranchers and change the direction in which groundwater flows,
which makes it a problem.
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