A pump test was carried out in an unconfined aquifer of k = 3x10^-6 m/s with a flow rate of 25m3/hour. The radius of the well is 0.5m and the aquifer has a depth of 80m above an impermeable stratum. The drawdown in an observation well at a distance of 150m from the well is 2.5m. Calculate the depth of water in the well and the radius of influence??

A pump test was carried out in an unconfined aquifer of k = 3x10^-6 m/s with a flow rate of 25m3/hour. The radius of the well is 0.5m and the aquifer has a depth of 80m above an impermeable stratum. The drawdown in an observation well at a distance of 150m from the well is 2.5m. Calculate the depth of water in the well and the radius of influence??

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