{"id":80,"date":"2019-11-27T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T15:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/?p=80"},"modified":"2019-11-28T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:00:09","slug":"three-point-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/index.php\/2019\/11\/27\/three-point-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Point Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ThreePointProblme-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ThreePointProblme-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ThreePointProblme-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ThreePointProblme-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/ThreePointProblme-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives: Identify the direction of groundwater flow in\ntwo dimensions and quantify the specific discharge in an unconfined aquifer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. The following problem contains of an unconfined limestone\naquifer with three monitoring wells.&nbsp; The\nmonitoring wells are positioned at each of the corners of the triangular\naquifer.&nbsp; Using the water levels shown in\nwells complete the following tasks.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Determine the direction of groundwater flow based on the\nwater levels in wells A-C.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.&nbsp; Calculate the\ngroundwater gradient across the unconfined aquifer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C.&nbsp; Quantify the specific discharge (q) in the unconfined aquifer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"568\" src=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Three_Point_Problem.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Three_Point_Problem.png 766w, https:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Three_Point_Problem-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Three_Point_Problem.pdf\">Foldable Aquifer Model<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/aquifer.geology.buffalo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Three_Point_Problem.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.creativecommons.org\/l\/by-nc\/4.0\/88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>This work is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objectives: Identify the direction of groundwater flow in two dimensions and quantify the specific discharge in an unconfined aquifer. 1. 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