{"id":114,"date":"2020-12-27T19:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T19:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/problem-8-solution\/"},"modified":"2020-12-27T23:31:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T23:31:32","slug":"problem-8-solution","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/problem-8-solution\/","title":{"raw":"Problem 8 Solution","rendered":"Problem 8 Solution"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"problem-8-solution\">\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Question:<\/strong> The figure shows a map view of a lake and shoreline. The water table elevation at Well A is 12 m. Assuming the water table is planar (an inclined plane), what is the expected water level elevation in Well B?<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">a) 12\r\nb) 13\r\nc) 14\r\nd) A value between 12 and 13<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> The water level in the lake is horizontal. Therefore, the head is the same everywhere in the lake, including along the length of the lake-shoreline interface. Since flow is orthogonal to equipotential lines and the water table is assumed planar, the contour interval of 2 m is extrapolated upgradient, thereby resulting in a water level of 14 m at Well B.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/image54.png\" alt=\"Figure for solution to Example Problem 8\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/hydraulics-of-flow-in-unconfined-aquifers\/#ExampleProblem8\"><span class=\"import-Hyperlink\">Return to Example Problem 8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"problem-8-solution\">\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Question:<\/strong> The figure shows a map view of a lake and shoreline. The water table elevation at Well A is 12 m. Assuming the water table is planar (an inclined plane), what is the expected water level elevation in Well B?<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">a) 12<br \/>\nb) 13<br \/>\nc) 14<br \/>\nd) A value between 12 and 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><strong>Solution:<\/strong> The water level in the lake is horizontal. Therefore, the head is the same everywhere in the lake, including along the length of the lake-shoreline interface. Since flow is orthogonal to equipotential lines and the water table is assumed planar, the contour interval of 2 m is extrapolated upgradient, thereby resulting in a water level of 14 m at Well B.<\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/12\/image54.png\" alt=\"Figure for solution to Example Problem 8\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/hydraulics-of-flow-in-unconfined-aquifers\/#ExampleProblem8\"><span class=\"import-Hyperlink\">Return to Example Problem 8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":22,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-114","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":155,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/revisions\/262"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/155"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/114\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/conceptual-and-visual-understanding-of-hydraulic-head-and-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}