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Transcribed Image Text:Seepage is occurring through a porous media
shown in fig. The hydraulic conductivity
values (k1, k2, k3) are in m/day.
The seepage discharge (m³/day per m)
through the porous media at section PQ
is.
Impervious
15 m
10 m
3m
k, = 2
k = 3
kg 1 3m
E 20 m +10 m-- 20 m -+ 10 m-
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