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IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,APRIL 2011 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT Civil Engineering Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks

1. Explain the following recharge methods along with its design and neat sketch: (a) Dug Well Recharge (b) Recharge Shaft (c) Inter Watershed Transfer. 2. (a) Examine the working hypothesis of the Theis recovery method. (b) What is cyclic pumping? Derive the discharge draw down relation for cyclic pumping in a conned aquifer. [8+8] 3. During hydrogeological investigation two potential aquifers 32Km apart, were, located, one being 5000 years and the other 25000 years old. They were found to be connected by a water bearing stratum of 30m thickness running inclined at 20m/km. From few observation wells, the hydraulic gradient was found to be 0.2m/Km. Determine the transmissibility of the water bearing stratum. [16] 4. (a) Which is utility in ground water investigations-seismic reection or refraction, and why? (b) For ground water investigation of Karnataka which method you would preferseismic or electrical resistivity. Give reasons. [8+8] 5. A 45 cm well in an unconned aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 1pm under a drawdown of 3.0 m at the pumping well, (a) What will be the discharge under a drawdown of 6.0 m? (b) What will be the discharge in a 30-cm well under a drawdown of 3.0 m? Assume the radius of inuence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases. [16] 6. Rainfall and water-level uctuation, as given below , are available for a station. Compute (a) minimum rainfall required to eect water level rise and (b) average water level uctuation for the period of rainfall record, (c) average recharge, assuming specic yield as 0.15, and (d) average rainfall-inltration factor. [16] Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Rainfall(m) 0.97 0.25 0.32 0.58 0.70 0.91 1.13 0.86 0.50 1.19 Water level rise(m) 0.5 06 0.7 2.7 3.0 1.45 0.75 3.5 1 [16]

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7. A conned fresh water aquifer outows to sea at the rate of 0.5m3 / d / m along the length of the seacoast. The thickness and hydraulic conductivity (freshwater) of the aquifer are 20 m and 5 m/d respectively (gure 1).
(a) Find the depth of the interface and piezometric head 25 m away from the toe of the interface. Assume the thickness of the top impervious layer to be 5 m below msl. (b) Compute the length of the intrusion.
f Given x f = 40. If the water outow is reduced to 0.35 m2 / d, compute the factor by which the interface increases. [16]

Figure 1: 8. (a) A 40cm well penetrates an aquifer of 30m thick and the length of the screen is 10m.The yield is 3000 lpm with a drawdown of 2.5m. If the length of the screen is increased to 20m, what will be the drawdown in the well and the increase in the specic capacity? (b) In Krishna river basin, AP, India, consisting of 22km2 of plains, the maximum uctuation of ground water table is 3m. Assuming a specic yield of 16% what is the probable ground water storage? [8+8]

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IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,APRIL 2011 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT Civil Engineering Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks

1. (a) Which is utility in ground water investigations-seismic reection or refraction, and why? (b) For ground water investigation of Karnataka which method you would preferseismic or electrical resistivity. Give reasons. [8+8] 2. A 45 cm well in an unconned aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 1pm under a drawdown of 3.0 m at the pumping well, (a) What will be the discharge under a drawdown of 6.0 m? (b) What will be the discharge in a 30-cm well under a drawdown of 3.0 m? Assume the radius of inuence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases. [16]
3. Rainfall and water-level uctuation, as given below , are available for a station. Compute

(a) minimum rainfall required to eect water level rise and (b) average water level uctuation for the period of rainfall record, (c) average recharge, assuming specic yield as 0.15, and (d) average rainfall-inltration factor. [16] Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Rainfall(m) 0.97 0.25 0.32 0.58 0.70 0.91 1.13 0.86 0.50 1.19 Water level rise(m) 0.5 06 0.7 2.7 3.0 1.45 0.75 3.5 4. A conned fresh water aquifer outows to sea at the rate of 0.5m3 / d / m along the length of the seacoast. The thickness and hydraulic conductivity (freshwater) of the aquifer are 20 m and 5 m/d respectively (gure 2). (a) Find the depth of the interface and piezometric head 25 m away from the toe of the interface. Assume the thickness of the top impervious layer to be 5 m below msl. (b) Compute the length of the intrusion.
f Given x f = 40. If the water outow is reduced to 0.35 m2 / d, compute the factor by which the interface increases. [16]

5. (a) Examine the working hypothesis of the Theis recovery method.

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Figure 2: (b) What is cyclic pumping? Derive the discharge draw down relation for cyclic pumping in a conned aquifer. [8+8] 6. Explain the following recharge methods along with its design and neat sketch: (a) Dug Well Recharge (b) Recharge Shaft (c) Inter Watershed Transfer. [16]

7. During hydrogeological investigation two potential aquifers 32Km apart, were, located, one being 5000 years and the other 25000 years old. They were found to be connected by a water bearing stratum of 30m thickness running inclined at 20m/km. From few observation wells, the hydraulic gradient was found to be 0.2m/Km. Determine the transmissibility of the water bearing stratum. [16] 8. (a) A 40cm well penetrates an aquifer of 30m thick and the length of the screen is 10m.The yield is 3000 lpm with a drawdown of 2.5m. If the length of the screen is increased to 20m, what will be the drawdown in the well and the increase in the specic capacity? (b) In Krishna river basin, AP, India, consisting of 22km2 of plains, the maximum uctuation of ground water table is 3m. Assuming a specic yield of 16% what is the probable ground water storage? [8+8]

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IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,APRIL 2011 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT Civil Engineering Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks

1. (a) A 40cm well penetrates an aquifer of 30m thick and the length of the screen is 10m.The yield is 3000 lpm with a drawdown of 2.5m. If the length of the screen is increased to 20m, what will be the drawdown in the well and the increase in the specic capacity?
(b) In Krishna river basin, AP, India, consisting of 22km2 of plains, the maximum uctuation of ground water table is 3m. Assuming a specic yield of 16% what is the probable ground water storage? [8+8]

2. A conned fresh water aquifer outows to sea at the rate of 0.5m3 / d / m along the length of the seacoast. The thickness and hydraulic conductivity (freshwater) of the aquifer are 20 m and 5 m/d respectively (gure 3). (a) Find the depth of the interface and piezometric head 25 m away from the toe of the interface. Assume the thickness of the top impervious layer to be 5 m below msl.
(b) Compute the length of the intrusion.
f Given x f = 40. If the water outow is reduced to 0.35 m2 / d, compute the factor by which the interface increases. [16]

Figure 3: 3. (a) Examine the working hypothesis of the Theis recovery method.

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(b) What is cyclic pumping? Derive the discharge draw down relation for cyclic pumping in a conned aquifer. [8+8] 4. A 45 cm well in an unconned aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 1pm under a drawdown of 3.0 m at the pumping well, (a) What will be the discharge under a drawdown of 6.0 m? (b) What will be the discharge in a 30-cm well under a drawdown of 3.0 m? Assume the radius of inuence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases. [16] 5. (a) Which is utility in ground water investigations-seismic reection or refraction, and why? (b) For ground water investigation of Karnataka which method you would preferseismic or electrical resistivity. Give reasons. [8+8] 6. Rainfall and water-level uctuation, as given below , are available for a station. Compute (a) minimum rainfall required to eect water level rise and (b) average water level uctuation for the period of rainfall record, (c) average recharge, assuming specic yield as 0.15, and (d) average rainfall-inltration factor. [16] Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Rainfall(m) 0.97 0.25 0.32 0.58 0.70 0.91 1.13 0.86 0.50 1.19 Water level rise(m) 0.5 06 0.7 2.7 3.0 1.45 0.75 3.5 7. Explain the following recharge methods along with its design and neat sketch: (a) Dug Well Recharge (b) Recharge Shaft (c) Inter Watershed Transfer. [16]

8. During hydrogeological investigation two potential aquifers 32Km apart, were, located, one being 5000 years and the other 25000 years old. They were found to be connected by a water bearing stratum of 30m thickness running inclined at 20m/km. From few observation wells, the hydraulic gradient was found to be 0.2m/Km. Determine the transmissibility of the water bearing stratum. [16]

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Set No. 3

IV B.Tech II Semester Examinations,APRIL 2011 GROUND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT Civil Engineering Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks

1. Explain the following recharge methods along with its design and neat sketch: (a) Dug Well Recharge (b) Recharge Shaft (c) Inter Watershed Transfer. 2. (a) Examine the working hypothesis of the Theis recovery method. (b) What is cyclic pumping? Derive the discharge draw down relation for cyclic pumping in a conned aquifer. [8+8] 3. Rainfall and water-level uctuation, as given below , are available for a station. Compute (a) minimum rainfall required to eect water level rise and (b) average water level uctuation for the period of rainfall record, (c) average recharge, assuming specic yield as 0.15, and (d) average rainfall-inltration factor. [16] Year 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Rainfall(m) 0.97 0.25 0.32 0.58 0.70 0.91 1.13 0.86 0.50 1.19 Water level rise(m) 0.5 06 0.7 2.7 3.0 1.45 0.75 3.5 4. A conned fresh water aquifer outows to sea at the rate of 0.5m3 / d / m along the length of the seacoast. The thickness and hydraulic conductivity (freshwater) of the aquifer are 20 m and 5 m/d respectively (gure 4). (a) Find the depth of the interface and piezometric head 25 m away from the toe of the interface. Assume the thickness of the top impervious layer to be 5 m below msl. (b) Compute the length of the intrusion.
f Given x f = 40. If the water outow is reduced to 0.35 m2 / d, compute the factor by which the interface increases. [16]

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5. (a) A 40cm well penetrates an aquifer of 30m thick and the length of the screen is 10m.The yield is 3000 lpm with a drawdown of 2.5m. If the length of the screen is increased to 20m, what will be the drawdown in the well and the increase in the specic capacity? 7

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Figure 4: (b) In Krishna river basin, AP, India, consisting of 22km2 of plains, the maximum uctuation of ground water table is 3m. Assuming a specic yield of 16% what is the probable ground water storage? [8+8] 6. During hydrogeological investigation two potential aquifers 32Km apart, were, located, one being 5000 years and the other 25000 years old. They were found to be connected by a water bearing stratum of 30m thickness running inclined at 20m/km. From few observation wells, the hydraulic gradient was found to be 0.2m/Km. Determine the transmissibility of the water bearing stratum. [16] 7. A 45 cm well in an unconned aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 1pm under a drawdown of 3.0 m at the pumping well, (a) What will be the discharge under a drawdown of 6.0 m? (b) What will be the discharge in a 30-cm well under a drawdown of 3.0 m? Assume the radius of inuence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases. [16] 8. (a) Which is utility in ground water investigations-seismic reection or refraction, and why? (b) For ground water investigation of Karnataka which method you would preferseismic or electrical resistivity. Give reasons. [8+8]