The water table in an unconfinedaquifer was at 10m below ground level.The bottom of this unconfined aquiferwas at 35 mbgl. A 1m width section ofthis aquifer had a hydraulic conductivityof 34.5m/day and a transmissivity ofm2/day(tozero decimal places).A potentiometric surface for a certainconfined aquifer was at 10m. Thisconfined aquifer is made of an upperconfining layer at 20mbgl and the lowerconfining layer at 35mbgl. Assume theconfining layers have zero thickness.This confined aquifer had a hydraulicconductivity of 34.5m2/day andtransmissivity ofm2/day (tozero decimal places).

Transmissibility, T = KH K - hydraulic conductivity H - aquifer thickness of water bearing material…

The water table in an unconfined aquifer was at 10m below ground level. The bottom of this unconfined aquifer was at 35 mbgl. A 1m width section of this aquifer had a hydraulic conductivity of 34.5m/day and a transmissivity of m2/day(to zero decimal places).

The water table in an unconfined aquifer was at 10m below ground level. The bottom of this unconfined aquifer was at 35 mbgl. A 1m width section of this aquifer had a hydraulic conductivity of 34.5m/day and a transmissivity of m2/day(to zero decimal places).

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