Question

When two wells, situated near each other is discharged,the total discharge will __________

(a) Increases

(b) Decreases

(c) Remains the same

(d) None of the mentioned

This question was posed to me in final exam.

This intriguing question comes from Well Hydraulics in section Well Hydraulics of Geotechnical Engineering I

Answer 1

Right option is (b) Decreases

For explanation I would say: When two wells are discharged, their drawdown curves intersect within their radii of zero drawdown. Thus the total discharge is increased.