# **Problem 4.1** # A fluid in an aquifer is 6.5 m above a reference datum, the fluid # pressure is 1800 N/m2, and the flow velocity is 3.4e-5 m/s. # The fluid density is 1.01e3 kg/m3. # Part A: What is the total energy per unit mass? Zo = 6.5 m Po = 1800 N/m^2 Vo = 3.4e-5 m/s Density = 1.01e3 kg/m^3 Energy_per_mass = Vo^2/2 + grav()*Zo + Po/Density # Part B: What is the total energy per unit weight? Energy_per_weight = Energy_per_mass / grav() # **Problem 4.3** # A piezometer is screened 723.4 m above mean sea level. # The point-water pressure head in the piezometer is 17.9 m # and the water in the aquifer is fresh at a temperature of 20 degrees C. # Part A: What is the total head in the aquifer at the point # where the piezometer is screened? Zo = 723.4 m Hp = 17.9 m Htotal = Hp + Zo # Part B: What is the fluid pressure in the aquifer at the point # where the piezometer is screened? Density = 998.203 kg/m^3 # at 20 degrees C Po = Density * grav() * Hp # **Problem 4.5** # A piezometer in a saline water aquifer has a point-water pressure # head of 18.73 m. If the water has a density of 1022 kg/m3 and is # at a field temperature of 18 degrees C, what is the equivalent # fresh-water pressure head? Hp_salt = 18.73 Density_salt_water = 1022 kg/m^3 Density_fresh_water = 998.595 kg/m^3 # at 18 degrees C Po = Density_salt_water * grav() * Hp_salt Hp_fresh = Po / (Density_fresh_water * grav() ) # **Problem 4.7** # A sand aquifer has a median pore diameter of 0.232 mm. The fluid density # is 1.003e3 kg/m^3 and the fluid viscosity is 1.15e-3 N-s/m^2. If # the flow rate is 0.0067 m/s, is Darcy's law valid? What is the reason # for your answer? diameter = 0.232 mm density = 1.003e3 kg/m^3 viscosity = 1.15e-3 N s / m^2 velocity = 0.0067 m/s Re = density * velocity * diameter / viscosity # Because Re less than 10, Darcy's law is valid # **Problem 4.9** # A confined aquifer is 8 ft thick. The potentiometric surface drops 1.33 # ft between two wells that are 685 ft apart. The hydraulic conductivity # is 251 ft/day and the effective porosity is 0.27. # Part A: How many cubic feet per day are moving through a strip of # the aquifer that is 10 ft wide? b = 8 ft w = 10 ft dH = 1.33 ft dL = 685 ft Ko = 251 ft/day n = 0.27 Q = w * b * Ko * dH/dL; ft^3/day # Part B: What is the average linear velocity? velocity = Q / (w*b*n); ft/day # **Problem 4.11** # An unconfined aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 8.7 x 10-2 cm/s. # There are two observation wells 597 ft apart. Both penetrate the aquifer # to the bottom. In one observation well the water stands 28.9 ft above # the bottom, and in the other it is 26.2 ft above the bottom. # Part A: What is the discharge per 100-ft-wide strip of the aquifer in # cubic feet per day? h1 = 28.9 ft h2 = 26.2 ft dL = 597 ft Ko = 8.7e-2 cm/s w = 100 ft Q = w*Ko*(h1^2 - h2^2) / (2*dL); ft^3/day # Part B: What is the water-table elevation at a point midway between the # two observation wells? x = dL/2 head = sqrt( h1^2 - (h1^2 - h2^2)*x/dL); ft # **Problem 4.13** # Refer to Figure 4.19. The hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer is 14.5 # m/day. The value of h1 is 17.6 m and the value of h2 is 15.3 m. The # distance from h1 to h2 is 525 m. There is an average rate of recharge of # 0.007 m/d. Ko = 14.5 m/day h1 = 17.6 m h2 = 15.3 m dL = 525 m W_ave = 0.007 m/day # Part A: What is the average discharge per unit width at x = 0? x = 0 m qx = ( Ko*(h1^2 - h2^2)/(2*dL) ) - W_ave*( (dL/2) - x); m^2/day # Part B: What is the average discharge per unit width at x = 525 m? x = 525 m qx = ( Ko*(h1^2 - h2^2)/(2*dL) ) - W_ave*( (dL/2) - x); m^2/day # Part C: Is there a water-table divide? If so, where is it located? divide_location = (dL/2) - (Ko * (h1^2 - h2^2)/(W_ave * 2 * dL)) # Part D: What is the maximum height of the water table? h_max = sqrt(h1^2 - (h1^2 - h2^2) * divide_location/dL + (W_ave/Ko)*(dL-divide_location)*divide_location) # **Problem 4.15** # An earthen dam is constructed on an impermeable bedrock layer. It is 550 # ft across (i.e., the distance from the water in the reservoir to the # tailwaters below the dam is 550 ft). The average hydraulic conductivity # of the material used in the dam construction is 0.77 ft/day. The water in # the reservoir behind the dam is 35 ft deep and the tailwaters below the # dam are 20 ft deep. Compute the volume of water that seeps from the # reservoir, through the dam, and into the tailwaters per a 100-ft-wide # strip of the dam in cubic feet per day. Ko = 0.77 ft/day dL = 550 ft h1 = 35 ft h2 = 20 ft width = 100 ft q = width*0.5*Ko*(h1^2 - h2^2)/dL; ft^3/day