{"id":1396,"date":"2026-05-12T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/solution-exercise-7\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:38:10","slug":"solution-exercise-7","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/solution-exercise-7\/","title":{"raw":"Solution Exercise 7","rendered":"Solution Exercise 7"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"solution-exercise-7\" class=\"level1\">\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n\r\nDetails of the solution are not presented here; readers are instead encouraged to review <a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/graphical-construction-of-groundwater-flow-nets\/chapter\/box-4-drawing-a-flow-net-for-an-unconfined-system-with-a-water-table-boundary\/\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\">Box 4<\/span><\/a>\u2197 of <a href=\"https:\/\/gw-project.org\/books\/graphical-construction-of-groundwater-flow-nets\/\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><em><u>Graphical Construction of Groundwater Flow Nets<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u2197 by Poeter and Hsieh (2020) The book is available as a free download at that link. The book provides further instruction and examples of using flow nets to solve for groundwater flow. A figure from Poeter and Hsieh (2020) for a similar problem is shown here.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\n<img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ;width: 5in; height: 1.38in;\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/file159-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\n(from Poeter &amp; Hsieh, 2020)\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-7\/#exercise-7\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\">Return to Exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/a><u>7<\/u><\/strong>\u2ba5\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/flow-calculations-and-applications-of-the-flow-equation\/#extext07\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Return to where text linked to Exercise\u00a07<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba5\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"solution-exercise-7\" class=\"level1\">\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\n<p>Details of the solution are not presented here; readers are instead encouraged to review <a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/graphical-construction-of-groundwater-flow-nets\/chapter\/box-4-drawing-a-flow-net-for-an-unconfined-system-with-a-water-table-boundary\/\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\">Box 4<\/span><\/a>\u2197 of <a href=\"https:\/\/gw-project.org\/books\/graphical-construction-of-groundwater-flow-nets\/\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><em><u>Graphical Construction of Groundwater Flow Nets<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/a>\u2197 by Poeter and Hsieh (2020) The book is available as a free download at that link. The book provides further instruction and examples of using flow nets to solve for groundwater flow. A figure from Poeter and Hsieh (2020) for a similar problem is shown here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ;width: 5in; height: 1.38in;\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/file159-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p>(from Poeter &amp; Hsieh, 2020)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-7\/#exercise-7\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\">Return to Exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/a><u>7<\/u><\/strong>\u2ba5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p><a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/flow-calculations-and-applications-of-the-flow-equation\/#extext07\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Return to where text linked to Exercise\u00a07<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"menu_order":118,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1396","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1531,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1825,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1396\/revisions\/1825"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1531"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1396\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1396"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}