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The document contains 10 problems related to water supply and urban drainage. The problems involve calculations related to tube wells, pumping tests, river flows, reservoir storage capacity, well interference, and community water supply well design. Specific calculations include determining permeability, well discharge, drawdown, radius of influence, required storage capacity, aquifer parameters, well interference, and pump requirement.

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The document contains 10 problems related to water supply and urban drainage. The problems involve calculations related to tube wells, pumping tests, river flows, reservoir storage capacity, well interference, and community water supply well design. Specific calculations include determining permeability, well discharge, drawdown, radius of influence, required storage capacity, aquifer parameters, well interference, and pump requirement.

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Water Supply and Urban Drainage

Assignment-2
1. The following observations were recorded during a pumping out test on a tube well penetrating fully in an
unconfined aquifer:

Well diameter: 25 cm
Discharge from the well: 300 m3/hour
R.L. of original water surface, before pumping started = 122.0 m
R.L. of water level in the well at constant pumping = 111.1 m
R.L. of water level in the observation well = 121.3 m
R.L. of impervious layer = 92.0 m
Radial distance of observation well from the tube well = 50 m
Determine: (a) the field permeability coefficient of the free aquifer, and (b) radius of zero drawdown.

2. A tube well penetrates fully an 8 m thick water bearing stratum (confined) of medium sand having coefficient
of permeability of 0.004 m/sec. The well radius is 15 cm and is to be worked under a drawdown of 3 m at the
well face. Calculate the discharge from the well. What will be percentage increase in the discharge if the radius
of the well is doubled? Take radius of zero drawdown equal to 400 m in each case.

3. Design a tube well for the following data:


(i) Yield required = 0.2 cumec
(ii) Thickness of confined aquifer = 40 m
(iii) Radius of circle of influence = 300 m
(iv) Permeability of coefficient = 80 m/day
(v) Drawdown = 6 m

4. Table 1 gives the mean monthly flow of a river for a low flow water year. It is proposed to locate a dam at the
site where the direct rainfall, evaporation and demands are as given in the table. Determine the required storage
capacity. Assume the net increase in reservoir surface area to be 350 ha.

Table1 Month Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun.

Mean monthly 35 28 25 30 18 5 2 3 5 6 4 1
flow, m3/s

Rainfall, 12.5 15.0 14.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 4.0 10.0
cm/month

Evap, cm/month 15.5 8.5 7.0 12.0 6.0 4.0 5.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 19.0 20.0

Demand, 1150 1700 2400 3500 4200 4200 4300 4250 4200 2000 1200 1100
x104m3/month
5. An artesian well is pumped at a constant rate of Q = 2 m3/min. The recorded drawdowns at different times at
a distance r = 92 m from the pumping well are given in Table 2.
a. Determine T and S by the Cooper-Jacob method
b. Calculate the radius of influence at t = 45 min and 100 min.

Table 2 Time t Observed Time t since Observed


since pumping drawdown, m pumping started, drawdown, m
started, min min
1.0 0.201 18 0.671
1.5 0.265 24 0.719
2.0 0.302 30 0.759
2.5 0.338 40 0.80.
3.0 0.369 50 0.847
4.0 0.415 60 0.878
5.0 0.454 80 0.927
6.0 0.485 100 0.963
8.0 0.533 120 1.000
10 0.567 150 1.042
12 0.600 180 1.070
14 0.634 210 1.100

6. Table 3 below gives the details about the average seasonal discharges of a river for 12 years. Determine the
storage capacity required to maintain a flow of 475 cumecs throughout the year.
TABLE 3

Year 16th June to 30th 1st Oct. to 31st March 1st April to 15th June
Sept. (cumecs) (cumecs) (cumecs)
1960-61 1050 300 50
1961-62 3000 250 40
1962-63 3500 370 90
1963-64 2000 150 120
1964-65 1200 350 65
1965-66 1400 400 100
1966-67 3600 200 80
1967-68 3000 150 120
1968-69 700 210 50
1969-70 800 120 80
1970-71 2400 320 120
1971-72 3200 280 80

7. A 20 cm diameter well penetrating a confined aquifer is pumped at a uniform rate of 30 lit/s and the
drawdowns measured in an observation well 60 m away are given below.
Construct the Type Curve (Use Excel spreadsheet) and determine the aquifer parameters T and S using the Theis
method and estimate the drawdown in the well at the end of 7 days pumping.

t, 0.0167 0.0333 0.0666 0.1333 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0


hours
s, 0.20 0.30 0.41 0.53 0.76 0.90 1.00 1.07 1.12
meters
8. Well interference problem. Three wells are located at 75-m intervals along a straight line. Each well is 0.50 m
in diameter. The coefficient of transmissivity is 2.63 x 10 -3 m2/s, and the storage coefficient is 2.74 x 10-4.
Determine the drawdown at each well if each well is pumped at 4.42 x 10-2 m3/s for 10 days. Draw the drawdown
curves for the three wells.

9. Two wells located 106.68 m apart are both pumping at the same time. Well A pumps at 0.0379 m 3 /s and well
B pumps at 0.0252 m 3 /s. The diameter of each well is 0.460 m. The transmissivity is 4.35 x 10 -3 m 2 /s and the
storage coefficient is 4.1 x 10-5.What is the interference of well A on well B after 365 days of pumping? Find also
the total drawdown in well B after 365 days of pumping.
10. A well with elevated storage has been proposed for community water supply purpose. System water
pressure will be maintained by the elevated storage tank. The design data are as follows:
Design flow rate =190 m 3 /d for the average day
Top of reservoir = 50 m above ground level
Friction losses = minor losses in piping from well to top of reservoir = 0.15 m
Altitude = 2500 m above mean sea level
Static water level before pumping = 5.2 m below grade

Note: the sand layer is assumed to be a confined aquifer.


Pumping test results
Drawdown at observation well 300.0 m from test well pumped at 0.035 m 3/s

Determine the following:


a. Well diameter
b. Transmissivity, storage coefficient and drawdown
c. Pump requirement assume 6 hrs of pumping

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