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Groundwater Problem Set: Aquifer Calculations

The document contains 5 problems related to groundwater flow through confined and unconfined aquifers. Problem 1 asks to calculate the transmissivity and equivalent permeability of a stratified confined aquifer. Problem 2 estimates the water table properties between a canal and stream separated by an unconfined aquifer. Problem 3 determines discharge and drawdown at a pumping well in an unconfined aquifer. Problem 4 calculates the permeability from pumping test data. Problem 5 computes discharge from a tube well given properties of the unconfined aquifer.

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Groundwater Problem Set: Aquifer Calculations

The document contains 5 problems related to groundwater flow through confined and unconfined aquifers. Problem 1 asks to calculate the transmissivity and equivalent permeability of a stratified confined aquifer. Problem 2 estimates the water table properties between a canal and stream separated by an unconfined aquifer. Problem 3 determines discharge and drawdown at a pumping well in an unconfined aquifer. Problem 4 calculates the permeability from pumping test data. Problem 5 computes discharge from a tube well given properties of the unconfined aquifer.

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Problem Set 7 Groundwater

1. A confined stratified aquifer has a total thickness of 12 m and is made up of three layers. The bottom layer has a
coefficient of permeability of 30 m/day and a thickness of 5.0. The middle & top layers have permeability of 20
m/day and 45 m/day respectively and are of equal thickness. Calculate the transmissivity of the confined aquifer
and the equivalent permeability, if the flow is along the stratification.

2. A canal and a stream run parallel to each other at a separation distance of 400 m. Both of them completely
penetrate an unconfined aquifer (k = 3.0 m/day) located above a horizontal impervious bed. The aquifer forms
the separation land mass between the two water bodies. The water surface elevations in the canal and the stream
are 5.0 m and 3.0 m. The datum being the top of the horizontal impervious layer. Estimate:
a. The uniform infiltration rate that will create a water table at a distance of 100 m from the canal.
b. The elevation of the water table divide; and
c. The seepage discharges into the two water bodies.

3. A 45 – cm well penetrates an unconfined aquifer of saturated thickness 30 m completely, under a steady


pumping rate for a long time the drawdowns at two observation wells 15m and 30m from the well are 5.0 m and
4.2m respectively. If the permeability of the aquifer is 20m/day, determine the discharge and the drawdown at
the pumping well.

4. For conducting permeability tests in a well penetrating an unconfined aquifer, two observation wells A and B are
located at distances 15m and 30m respectively from the centre of the well. When the well is pumped at a rate of
5 lps. , it is observed that the elevations of the water table above the impervious layer, up to which the well
extends are 12.0m and 12.5 m respectively at A and B. Calculate the permeability of the aquifer in m/day.

5. Calculate the discharge in m3/day from a tube well under the following conditions:
Diameter of the well = 45 cm
Drawdown at the well = 12 m
Length of strainer = 30 m
Radius of influence = 200 m
Coefficient of permeability = 0.01 cm/s
Aquifer = unconfined

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