# **Problem 8.1** # At a tropical coastal aquifer the ground water is stagnant. The density # of fresh water is 0.998 g/cm3 and that of the underlying salt water is # 1.024 g/cm3. If the fresh-water head is 14.2 ft above mean sea level, # what is the depth to the salt-water interface? density_fresh = 0.998 g/cm^3 density_salt = 1.024 g/cm^3 h_fresh = 14.2 ft depth = density_fresh * h_fresh /(density_salt - density_fresh); ft # **Problem 8.3** # A coastal aquifer has a mean hydraulic conductivity of 2.61 m/day. The # density of fresh water is 1.000 g/cm3 and the density of underlying # saline water is 1.024 g/cm3. The ground-water discharge per unit width # of the coastline is 0.00345 m2/day. Ko = 2.61 m/day density_fresh = 1.0 g/cm^3 density_salt = 1.024 g/cm^3 q = 0.00345 m^2/day Go = density_fresh / (density_salt - density_fresh) # Part A: What is the depth to the salt-water interface at a point 125 m # inland? x = 125 m depth = sqrt( (Go^2 * q^2 / Ko^2) + (2*Go*q*x/Ko) ) # Eq. 8-5 # Part B: What is the elevation of the water table above mean sea level at # a point 125 m inland? h = sqrt(2*q*x/(Go*Ko)) # Eq. 8-7 # Part C: What is the depth to the salt-water interface at the shoreline? x=0 m depth = sqrt( (Go^2 * q^2 / Ko^2) + (2*Go*q*x/Ko) ) # Eq. 8-5 # Part D: What is the width of the outflow face? xo = -Go*q/(2*Ko) # Eq. 8-6 # **Problem 8.5** # The aquifer beneath a circular oceanic island has a mean hydraulic # conductivity of 312 ft/day. The amount of recharge is 0.00831 ft/day. # The density of fresh water is 1.000 g/cm3 and the density of underlying # saline water is 1.024 g/cm3. If the island is 8715 ft in diameter, what # is the depth to the salt-water interface in the center of the island? Ko = 312 ft/day Wo = 0.00831 ft/day density_fresh = 1.0 g/cm^3 density_salt = 1.024 g/cm^3 diameter = 8715 ft radius = diameter/2 r = 0 ft Go = density_fresh / (density_salt - density_fresh) h_center = sqrt(Wo*(radius^2 - r^2)/(2*Ko*(1+Go))); ft # Eq. 8-9 depth = Go*h_center; ft # Eq. 8-1