10pts) A hillside with a spring in South Sudan has the following characteristics: The soil bank seeping water is exposed along 80 ft and the saturated thickness is 3 ft above the impervious clay layer. The water table slope or hydraulic gradient above the seeps measured in soil borings is 0.08 ft/ft The estimated hydraulic conductivity for the soils is 6 ft/day a) How much water could be intercepted in an infiltration trench for a spring protection? Give your answer in both ft3/day and gallons per minute (gpm). b) If 11 hours of storage were provided to capture overnight flow in the springbox, how large (ft3) would the springbox tank be? If there was only room for a square tank with 3 feet of water what would the other dimensions (length and width) of the tank be? c) How many families would be served by the spring system if they each were allotted two 5- gallon buckets or jerry cans per day (in 24 hours)

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a To determine the amount of water that could be intercepted in an infiltration trench for a spring protection we need to calculate the discharge of t... View the full answer