{"id":153903,"date":"2023-08-01T13:20:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=153903"},"modified":"2023-08-01T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T07:50:16","slug":"a-confined-aquifer-of-15-m-constant-thickness-is-sandwiched-between-two-aquicludes-as-shown-in-the-figure-not-drawn-to-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/a-confined-aquifer-of-15-m-constant-thickness-is-sandwiched-between-two-aquicludes-as-shown-in-the-figure-not-drawn-to-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u00a0confined aquifer of 15 m constant thickness is sandwiched between two aquicludes as shown in the figure (not drawn to scale)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. A\u00a0confined aquifer of 15 <em>m <\/em>constant thickness is sandwiched between two aquicludes as shown in the figure (not drawn to scale).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-473.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153904\" width=\"444\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-473.png 827w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-473-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-473-768x468.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The heads indicated by two piezometers P and Q are 55.2 <em>m <\/em>and 34.1 <em>m<\/em>, respectively. The aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 80 <em>m\/day <\/em>and its effective porosity is 0.25. If the distance between the piezometers is 2500 <em>m<\/em>, the time taken by the water to travel through the aquifer from piezometer location P to Q (in <em>days, round off to 1 decimal place<\/em>) is <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solution:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-474.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153905\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. A\u00a0confined aquifer of 15 m constant thickness is sandwiched between two aquicludes as shown in the figure (not drawn to scale). The heads indicated by two piezometers P and Q are 55.2 m and 34.1 m, respectively. The aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 80 m\/day and its effective porosity is 0.25. 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