An artesian well is pumping water from a confined aquifer (thickness = 12 m) at a flow rate of 0.024 m3/s. The piezometric surface is 50 m above the bottom of the confining layer. In two monitoring wells (no pumping) located 15 m and 150 m away from the pumping well, steady-state drawdowns of 4 m and 1 m are observed, respectively. What is the intrinsic permeability of the aquifer (assuming the groundwater temperature is 15 ).

An artesian well is pumping water from a confined aquifer (thickness = 12 m) at a flow rate of 0.024 m3/s. The piezometric surface is 50 m above the bottom of the confining layer. In two monitoring wells (no pumping) located 15 m and 150 m away from the pumping well, steady-state drawdowns of 4 m and 1 m are observed, respectively. What is the intrinsic permeability of the aquifer (assuming the groundwater temperature is 15 ).

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An artesian well is pumping water from a confined aquifer (thickness = 12 m) at a flow rate of 0.024 m³/s. The piezometric surface is 50 m above the bottom of the confining layer. In two monitoring wells (no pumping) located 15 m and 150 m away from the pumping well, steady-state drawdowns of 4 m and 1 m are observed, respectively. What is the intrinsic permeability of the aquifer (assuming the groundwater temperature is 15 ).

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