35.3.3 - Depth of Saturation
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What is specific yield?
💡 Hint: Think about how much water can be extracted from aquifers.
How does deeper saturation affect water drainage?
💡 Hint: Consider gravity's role in drainage.
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What happens to specific yield when saturation depth increases?
💡 Hint: Consider the role of gravity in deeper saturation.
True or False: Water held in micropores at shallow depths is more likely to drain under gravity.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how gravity influences water movement.
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Calculate the change in specific yield if the depth of saturation increases from 5 m to 10 m, knowing that specific yield increases linearly with depth at the site observed.
💡 Hint: Use linearity to determine the yield change over established depths.
Evaluate how introducing finer grain sizes to an aquifer at depths of 5 m and 10 m would affect specific yield if previously observed rates were 25% and 30%.
💡 Hint: Reflect on how different soil types impact water drainage.
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