Practice Confined Aquifer (Artesian Aquifer) - 34.3.2 | 34. Aquifers – Types | Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering - Vol 2
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Question 1

Easy

What is a confined aquifer?

💡 Hint: Think about what 'confined' means.

Question 2

Easy

What is artesian flow?

💡 Hint: What happens when you shake a soda can and open it?

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Question 1

What surrounds a confined aquifer?

  • Aquicludes
  • Permeable layers
  • Aquifers

💡 Hint: Think of what restricts water flow.

Question 2

True or False: Artesian wells do not need to pump water to bring it to the surface.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Recall what happens when pressure is applied.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A town extracts water from a confined aquifer at a rate that exceeds its recharge ability. Discuss the long-term consequences of this action.

💡 Hint: Consider what happens to pressure in an aquifer.

Question 2

Given that a confined aquifer has a hydraulic conductivity of 5 m/day and a saturated thickness of 20 m, calculate its transmissivity.

💡 Hint: Recall the formula for transmissivity.

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