A 45 cm well in an unconfined aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 lpm 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 influence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases

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A 45 cm well in an unconfined aquifer of saturated thickness of 45 m yields 600 lpm 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 influence to remain constant at 500 m in both cases

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