The discharge from a fully penetrating well under steady state pumping in a confined aquifer is(1000A liters per minutes. The aquifer has a thickness of 20 m. The drawdowns observed attwo wells located at 6 and 12 meters from the well are 3.0 m and 2.0 m respectively. Calculatethe permeability of the aquifer. Show the data on the neat sketch.

Given Discharge Q=1000 liter/minute =1.0 m3/min=0.0166 m3/sec Thickness of Aquifer, B =20m r1=6m…

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