Consider two horizonal soil layers, each is isotropic, the upper layer 1 is sitting directly on the top of bottom layer 2. Layer 1 has a thickness of 2 m and a hydraulic conductivity of 0.26 m/day and layer 2 has a thickness of 4 m and a hydraulic conductivity of 0.95 m/day. In this case, calculate the equivalent horizontal hydraulic conductivity in m/day.

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Principles of Seepage

In hydrology, when water flows down in a pore or crack of unsaturated soil due to gravity, the deep layer of soil is called seepage. It is the slow movement of water in the soil layer. Seepage is mainly found near hydraulic structures and is responsible for the stability of earthen-type hydraulic structures.