Assume that a 16-hectares tract of land is irrigated frequently and given enough water to keep the soil practically saturated below the 2-meter depth but that the water table is 30 meters deep. If the average K=35 liters per second per hectare, compute the number of hectare-millimeters of water that flow vertically downward to the water table each month. Imagine a soil column of unit cross-sectional area at right angles to the direction of flow of water and state whether or not it is practicable to measure accurately the net cross-sectional area of the channels through which flow occurs: 1) for a saturated soil, b) for an unsaturated. Give reason for your answer. Consider a vertical column of 0.25 square meter cross-sectional area and 1 meter long. If 0.4 cubic meter of water percolate through the column in 36 hours from a supply pipe which permits the water to flow onto the soil just fast enough to keep the soil surface covered, what is the permeability in meter per 24-hour day?

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  1. Assume that a 16-hectares tract of land is irrigated frequently and given enough water to keep the soil practically saturated below the 2-meter depth but that the water table is 30 meters deep. If the average K=35 liters per second per hectare, compute the number of hectare-millimeters of water that flow vertically downward to the water table each month.
  2. Imagine a soil column of unit cross-sectional area at right angles to the direction of flow of water and state whether or not it is practicable to measure accurately the net cross-sectional area of the channels through which flow occurs: 1) for a saturated soil, b) for an unsaturated. Give reason for your answer.
  3. Consider a vertical column of 0.25 square meter cross-sectional area and 1 meter long. If 0.4 cubic meter of water percolate through the column in 36 hours from a supply pipe which permits the water to flow onto the soil just fast enough to keep the soil surface covered, what is the permeability in meter per 24-hour day?
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