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APPENDIX G <br />GROUNDWATER DIRECTION, FLOW RATE CALCULATIONS, AND <br />HYDROGRAPHS <br />Groundwater elevations in the monitoring wells were obtained this semester. These <br />measurements were used to define the direction and gradient of groundwater flow in the vicinity <br />of the Foothill Sanitary Landfill. The groundwater flow direction is to the southwest. The <br />average groundwater velocity in this area was calculated using the following equation (Darcy's <br />Law): <br />V = Ki <br />n <br />V = maximum linear velocity <br />K = permeability <br />i = hydraulic gradient <br />n = porosity <br />K= 9.8 x 10-3 centimeters per second (cm/s) <br />= 10,100 feet per year (ft/yr) <br />i = 0.0017 foot per foot (fit/ft) <br />n= 0.30 <br />The groundwater flow velocity was 58.55 ft/yr for the fourth quarter and was calculated as <br />follows: <br />V =10,100 ft/ rf (0.0017 ft/ft) <br />0.30 <br />= 5 8.5 5 ft/yr <br />The permeability coefficient was determined with a slug test in well G-1 at the North County <br />Recycling Center and Sanitary Landfill to be 9.8 x 10-3 cm/s. Well G-1 at North County <br />monitors similar soil types at the equivalent horizon as the water -bearing zone beneath the <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill. The hydraulic gradient for the fourth quarter 2007 was calculated by <br />dividing the difference in groundwater elevations between contour lines 52.00 and 5 1. 00 by the <br />lateral distance between the two elevations in the direction of groundwater flow (575 ft). An <br />average porosity value of 0.3 was used, based on published porosity values for similar geologic <br />materials. <br />The groundwater flow velocity was 70.87 ft/yr for the third quarter and was calculated as <br />follows: <br />V = 10,100 ft/31 (0.0021 ft/ft) <br />0.30 <br />= 70.87 ft/yr <br />I <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill Public Works/Solid Waste <br />2nd Semester and Annual 2007 Groundwater Monitoring G-1 County of San Joaquin — January 31, 2008 <br />