Question: Question 3 ( 2 0 marks ) : Figure 2 shows the cross - section of an earth dam ( compacted clay with saturated hydraulic

Question 3(20 marks):
Figure 2 shows the cross-section of an earth dam (compacted clay with saturated hydraulic conductivity of 0.0001kcms) and reservoir system resting on a 10 m thick layer of loam soil with saturated hydraulic conductivity of 0.01cms underlain by impermeable shale rock. The crest of the dam is 50 m long (perpendicular to the picture). Can it be done by the flow net method? Why the answers are different than the Darcy's law?
a)(10 marks
Question 3 ( 2 0 marks ) : Figure 2 shows the

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