A confined aquifer is 3 m thick. The potentiometric surface drops 17 cm between two wells that are 240 m apart. If the hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is 6.4 m/day and the effective porosity is 0.17, (a) determine the volume of water flowing per day through a strip of the aquifer that is 3 m wide; (b) determine the groundwater flow velocity; (c) calculate the velocity of a contaminant in this aquifer if dry bulk density of aquifer material = 1.8 g/cm3 , organic carbon content of aquifer material = 0.015, organic carbon partition coefficient of contaminant=22 cm3 /g; (d) if the contaminant is injected in the upstream well, calculate the time required to arrive at the downstream well (assume advective transport of contaminant only).
A confined aquifer is 3 m thick. The potentiometric surface drops 17 cm between two wells...
Watch your significant figures! Example 2. A confined aquifer 32.0 m thick has two monitoring wells spaced 420.0 m apart along the direction of groundwater flow. The difference in water level in the wells is 3.5 m (the difference in piezometric head). The hydraulic conductivity is 22.0 m/day. Estimate the rate of flow per meter of distance perpendicular to the flow (i.e., Q in m'/day per meter of aquifer width). 420.0 m 3.5 m Flow 32.0 m Confined aquifer 22.0...
Contaminant sorption and flow in subsurface environment (12 points) An aquifer is contaminated due to a recent spill of a certain industrial solvent. The aquifer has a hydraulic head difference of 0.01 m as measured by two piezometers about 2 m apart along the direction of groundwater flow. The aquifer has a porosity of 0.3, organic carbon бс) of 1.7%, soil particle density of 2.6 g/cm3, and hydraulic conductivity (K) of 2.5 x 103 cm/sec The solvent has a log...
Contaminant sorption and flow in subsurface environment (12 points) An aquifer is contaminated due to a recent spill of a certain industrial solvent. The aquifer has a hydraulic head difference of 0.01 m as measured by two piezometers about 2 m apart along the direction of groundwater flow. The aquifer has a porosity of 0.3, organic carbon (foc) of 1.7%, soil particle density of 2.6 g/cm, and hydraulic conductivity (K) of 2.5 x 10-3 cm/sec The solvent has a log...
Question 5: (25 marks) A fully penetrating pumping well is located in a confined aquifer that can be considered to have an infinite extent in all directions. There is no recharge to the aquifer and no other pumping wells in the area. There are two observation wells located at 100 and 500 m, respectively, from the pumping wells. The aquifer and the pumping well have the following properties: Depth to top of aquifer: 50 m Aquifer thickness: 5 m Aquifer...
1. Some pond water contains 20.O mg/L of some algae, which can be represented by the chemical formula CsHisO&N. Using the following reactions: CoHisO&N606CO2 6H2ONHa NHs 202 NOs H2O (a) Find the theoretical carbonaceous oxygen demand CBOD (b) Find the nitrogenous oxygen demand NBOD (c) Find the total theoretical biochemical oxygen demand BOD 2. A sandy soil has a hydraulic conductivity of 6.1 x104 m/d, a hydraulic gradient of 0.00141, and porosity of 20%. (a)what is the Darcy velocity (b)what...
please answer all the questions written in brown. Groundwater 167 10 Groundwater Topics A. What is the definition of groundwater? Why is the composition of geyser deposits variable within Yellowstone National Park? How does the total amount of groundwater on Earth compare with that of surface water? B. How do the dynamics of groundwater in humid regions differ from those in arid regions? C. What are two common problems associated with the water table described here? What is hydraulic gradient,...