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The rate of flow of water through ground strata can be estimated by _____________

(a) Manning’s formula

(b) Strickler’s formula

(c) Dupuit’s equation

(d) Darcy’s formula

This question was addressed to me at a job interview.

My doubt is from Factor Controlling Occurrence of Ground Water in chapter Ground Water for Irrigation through Wells and Tubewells of Irrigation Engineering

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The correct option is (d) Darcy’s formula

Easy explanation: A French Scientist Mr. H Darcy on the basis of experimental evidence gave a law governing the discharge through soils. According to the law, the discharge is directly proportional to the head loss and the area of cross-section of the soil and inversely proportional to the length of the soil sample.

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