a. Can you find how water entered the level below the impervious rock and reached the crack in the rock below?

Question

Look at the figure given below and answer the following questions.

a. Can you find how water entered the level below the impervious rock and reached the crack in the rock below?

b. During summer which well will go dry first? Give your reasons.

c. Will there be water in the well even if there is no crack in the rock?

Answer 1

a) The top portion of these rocks is broken and they carry water. Many of these rocks also have deep cracks going down to 50 or 100 meters in depth. These cracks too contain water.

b) Well ‘W’ will go dry first. The usage of the water will be high from this well.

c) Yes, there may be a chance.