Hydrogeology Fetters (pressure head)
5. A piezometer in a saline water aquifer has a point-water pressure head of 18.73 m. If the water has a density of 1022 kg/m3 and is at a field temperature of 18°C, what is the equivalent fresh-water pressure head? Show all work.
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