Two piezometers are installed 2430 m apart in a confined aquifer. The head at the first...

Two piezometers are installed 2430 m apart in a confined aquifer. The head at the first piezometer is measured as 29.1 m and the head at the second piezometer as 26.7 m. The aquifer has a saturated thickness of 17.3 m, and hydraulic conductivity of 8x10^-4 m/s, and effective porosity of 0.16.

Determine:

1.1. without any calculation, predict the direction of groundwater flow

1.2. the discharge rate through the aquifer in m³/d/m of aquifer width

1.3. the specific discharges (Darcy velocity)

1.4. the pore velocity (seepage velocity)

1.5. the time for water to travel between two piezometers in years

Expert Solution

Ally Wells answered 6 months ago

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