Question: FIELD PUMPING OUT TEST EXAMPLEA pumping out test was carried out on an unconfined aquifer 4 0 m thick. Two observation wells were drilled at

FIELD PUMPING OUT TEST EXAMPLEA pumping out test was carried out on an unconfined aquifer 40 m thick. Two observation wells were drilled at 15 m and 30 m from the pumping well. The original groundwater level before pumping was 5m below the ground surface.Pumping was carried out until the steady state was reached and the water levels in the observation wells from the surface were found to be 8 m in the nearer well and 6 m in the other. If the pumping rate was 0.25m/ec:
(a) Calculate the permeability of the aquifer.
(b) Also determine the radius of influence.
(c) What would be the drawdown at 20 m?

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