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The safe depression head for open wells is generally taken to be x times the critical depression head when x is ______

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asked Aug 22, 2023 in Irrigation Engineering by Carter (75.2k points)

The safe depression head for open wells is generally taken to be x times the critical depression head when x is ______

(a) 1/6

(b) 1/3

(c) 1/2

(d) 3/4

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This interesting question is from Open Well and Dug Well topic in portion Ground Water for Irrigation through Wells and Tubewells of Irrigation Engineering

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answered Aug 25, 2023 by Greg (106k points)

The correct option is (b) 1/3

Explanation: The depression head is kept equal to one-third of the critical depression head. The maximum or critical yield corresponds to the critical depression head and the maximum safe yield corresponds to the working head.

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