ABSTRACT
Consider steady flow through a pervious homogeneous and isotropic dam with vertical walls and impervious horizontal base, as shown in Figure 4.1. The dam separates two reservoirs, so that the flow will be directed from the reservoir with the highest water level on the left to the reservoir with the lower level on the right and bounded vertically by the impervious base and the water table. In addition, there will be a seepage face at the right-hand side above the reservoir where groundwater seeps out freely in the atmosphere under zero pressure.
