2 The difference between the free water levels in two wells 48 m apart in an aquifer is 0.6 m. It took an interval of 8 hours between detecting the traces of a tracer material at the two wells in succession. The porosity of the aquifer is 25%. The coefficient of permeability of the aquifer is.......... cm/sec.

2 The difference between the free water levels in two wells 48 m apart in an aquifer is 0.6 m. It took an interval of 8 hours between detecting the traces of a tracer material at the two wells in succession. The porosity of the aquifer is 25%. The coefficient of permeability of the aquifer is.......... cm/sec.

Principles of Geotechnical Engineering (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter7: Permeability

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Problem 7.22P: Refer to Figure 7.24. The following data were collected during the field permeability measurement of...

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