A 500 m long levee made of compacted clay impounds water in a reservoir as shown in Figure P2.8. There is a 1 m thick (measured in the direction perpendicular to the seam) sand seam continuing along the entire length of the levee, a 10° inclination to the horizontal, which connects the reser- voir and the ditch. The hydraulic conductivity of the sand is 2.6 x 103 cm/s. Determine the volume of water that flows into the ditch every day.

A 500 m long levee made of compacted clay impounds water in a reservoir as shown in Figure P2.8. There is a 1 m thick (measured in the direction perpendicular to the seam) sand seam continuing along the entire length of the levee, a 10° inclination to the horizontal, which connects the reser- voir and the ditch. The hydraulic conductivity of the sand is 2.6 x 103 cm/s. Determine the volume of water that flows into the ditch every day.

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Chapter2: Geotechnical Properties Of Soil

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