A confined aquifer is shown in the figure. The aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of m/day piezometric heads wells 1,350 m apart are 65 m and 60 m from a 40 and porosity of 0.25. The a in the two observation Recharge datum. The aquifer has common an average El. 65 width of 4 km. El. 60 3 а. Compute the rate of flow of water in m³ /day. Aquifer 25 m b. Compute the seepage velocity in m/hr . 1,350 m Compute the time of travel in days from the head of the aquifer to c. a point 4 km downstream.

A confined aquifer is shown in the figure. The aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of m/day piezometric heads wells 1,350 m apart are 65 m and 60 m from a 40 and porosity of 0.25. The a in the two observation Recharge datum. The aquifer has common an average El. 65 width of 4 km. El. 60 3 а. Compute the rate of flow of water in m³ /day. Aquifer 25 m b. Compute the seepage velocity in m/hr . 1,350 m Compute the time of travel in days from the head of the aquifer to c. a point 4 km downstream.

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