Problem 11 Solution

Instructions/questions:

a) Draw potentiometric contours in the lower sand unit at 1 m intervals.

b) Draw the potentiometric surface of the lower sand unit.

c) What is the direction of groundwater flow through the upper clay unit? and

d) Sketch the expected vertical head profile in the vicinity of Well 2.

Solution 11a)

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Solution 11b)

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Solution 11c)

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Solution 11d)

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Conceptual and Visual Understanding of Hydraulic Head and Groundwater Flow Copyright © 2020 by Andrew J.B. Cohen and John A. Cherry. All Rights Reserved.