Civil Engineering Practice • Water Resources & Environmental
Groundwater, Darcy & Well Drawdown
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Worked: a supply well in an unconfined aquifer
K = 50 ft/day. Observation wells 50 ft and 200 ft away show saturated thicknesses of 80 ft and 86 ft at steady state. Q = π × 50 × (86² − 80²)/ln(200/50) = π × 50 × 996/1.386 = 112,900 ft³/day = 1.31 cfs, about 590 gpm.
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