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9. A confined aquifer is 8 ft thick. The potentiometric surface drops 1.33 ft between two wells that are 685 ft apart. The hydraulic conductivity is 251 ft/day and the effective porosity is 0.27.
(A)How many cubic feet per day are moving through a strip of the aquifer that is 10 ft wide? Show all work.
(B)What is the average linear velocity? Show all work.

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This solution provides the solution with all work shown to the questions: A confined aquifer is 8 ft thick. The potentiometric surface drops 1.33 ft between two wells that are 685 ft apart. The hydraulic conductivity is 251 ft/day and the effective porosity is 0.27. How many cubic feet per day are moving through a strip of the aquifer that is 10 ft wide? What is the average linear velocity?

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