An artesian aquifer is being pumped by a fully penetrating well. As a consulting engineer, you are tasked to find the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer. The aquifer is 100 ft thick and composed of medium sand. You pump the water from the production well at a steady-state pumping rate of 1000 gallons per minute (gpm). The drawdown at one observation well 50 ft away is 10 ft; in a second observation well 500 ft away it is 1 ft. The hydraulic conductivity you calculate is-- --------gpd/square ft. Make sure you draw the Free Body Diagram (FBD).

An artesian aquifer is being pumped by a fully penetrating well. As a consulting engineer, you are tasked to find the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer. The aquifer is 100 ft thick and composed of medium sand. You pump the water from the production well at a steady-state pumping rate of 1000 gallons per minute (gpm). The drawdown at one observation well 50 ft away is 10 ft; in a second observation well 500 ft away it is 1 ft. The hydraulic conductivity you calculate is-- --------gpd/square ft. Make sure you draw the Free Body Diagram (FBD).

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