1] A well is constructed to pump water from a confined aquifer.

Two observation wells are constructed at distances 100 meters and 1000 meters from test well, respectively. Water is pumped
3
from the pumping well at a rate of 0.2 m /min. At steady state, the draw down is observed as 2 meters and 8 meters respectively. The diameter of the test well is 1 meter.
Determine: a) k in cm/s b) drawdown in the test well c) transmissivity if H= 20 m. (Hint: Transmissivity = kH) r2 = 100m

r1 = 1000m
Sol'n
0.5m
a)
𝑟1 1000 ground surface
𝑄 ln 0.2 ln
𝐾= 𝑟2 100 = 6.108 × 10−4 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
=
2𝜋 𝑡 (ℎ1 − ℎ2) 2𝜋 20 2 − 8 test wall

8m
S
100 𝑐𝑚 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
= 6.108 × 10−4 𝑚ൗ ×
𝑚𝑖𝑛 × 1𝑚 60 𝑠𝑒𝑐
H
𝑲 = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟎𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 𝒄𝒎Τ𝒔𝒆𝒄
Aquifer
h1 h2
20m
b)

h1 = H − 8
h2 = H − S
c)
h1 − h2 = ( H − 8 ) − ( H − S )
𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 = 𝑘𝐻
h1 − h2 = S − 8 × 104 𝑐𝑚2 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛
= 6.108 × 10−4 20
𝑟1 100 1𝑚2 60 𝑠𝑒𝑐
𝑄 ln 0.2 ln
𝐾= 𝑟2 ; 6.108 × 10−4 = 0.5 𝟐
2𝜋 𝑡 (ℎ1 − ℎ2) 2𝜋 20 (𝑆 − 8) 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟐. 𝟎𝟑𝟔 𝒄𝒎 ൗ𝒔𝒆𝒄

𝑺 = 𝟐𝟏. 𝟎𝟔 𝒎

CIE 047 SAS #10 _of_

CIE 047 SAS #10 _of_
2] A 300 millimeter diameter test well penetratres 27 meters below the static water table. After a day of pumping at 69 Liters/s, the water level in an observation well at a distance of 95 meters
from the test well is lowered 0.5 meters and the drawdown at the other observation well at a distance of 35 meters from the test well was observed at 1.1 meters.
Determine: a) q in m3/day b) k in m/day

Sol'n

a)

1 𝑚3 3600 𝑠𝑒𝑐 24 ℎ𝑟 𝟑
𝑄 = 69 𝐿ൗ𝑠𝑒𝑐 × × × = 𝟓𝟗𝟔𝟏. 𝟔 𝒎 ൗ𝒅𝒂𝒚
1000 𝐿 1 ℎ𝑟 1 𝑑𝑎𝑦

b) 𝑟1 95
𝑄 ln 5961.6 ln
ℎ1 = 27 − 0.5 = 26.5m 𝑟2 = 35 = 𝟔𝟎. 𝟐𝟔𝟗 𝒎ൗ𝒅𝒂𝒚
𝐾=
𝜋(ℎ12 − ℎ22 ) 𝜋 26.5 − 25.92
2
ℎ2 = 27 − 1.1 = 25.9𝑚

3] A canal is cut into a soil with a stratigraphy shown below. Assuming flow takes place laterally and vertically through the sides of the canal and vertically below the canal, determine
the equivalent hydraulic conductivity in the horizontal and vertical directions. The vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivities for each layer are assumed to be the same.
Calculate the ratio of the equivalent horizontal hydarulic conductivity to the equivalent vertical hydraulic conductivity for flow through the sides of the canal

𝐾𝐻 𝑒𝑞 1.06 × 10−5 𝑐𝑚Τ𝑠𝑒𝑐

𝐾𝐼𝐻𝐼 + 𝐾2𝐻2 + 𝐾3𝐻3 =
𝐾𝐻 𝑒𝑞 = 𝐾𝑉 𝑒𝑞 7.18 × 10−6 𝑐𝑚Τ𝑠𝑒𝑐
𝐻
2.3 × 10−5 × 100 + 5.2 × 10−6 × 150 + 2.0 × 10−6 × 50 𝑲𝑯 𝒆𝒒
= = 𝟏. 𝟒𝟕𝟔
300 𝑲𝑽 𝒆𝒒
−𝟓 𝒄𝒎Τ
𝑲𝑯 𝒆𝒒 = 𝟏. 𝟎𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎 𝒔𝒆𝒄

Kv below the bottom of the canal

𝐻 570
𝐾𝑉 𝑒𝑞 = =
𝐻𝐼 𝐻 𝐻 150 120 300
+ 2+ 3 + +
𝐾𝑣1 𝐾𝑣2 𝐾𝑣3 2.0 × 10−6 0.3 × 10−4 0.8 × 10−3

𝑲𝑽 𝒆𝒒 = 𝟕. 𝟏𝟖 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟔 𝒄𝒎Τ𝒔𝒆𝒄

CIE 047 SAS #10 _of_

 n

CIE 047 SAS #10 _of_