Question

Ratings of these structures and their environment are empirically weighted and summed in the DRASTIC (“drastic”) method of assessing these structures’ vulnerability. When a filter pack or developed zone causes the double straight line effect, analysis of these structures ignores the first line and applies the Bouwer and Rice method or the Hvorslev method to the second line. Permeable reactive barriers are inserted into these structures (10[1])to intercept plumes. Borehole (10[1])EM (“E-M”) conductivity logs of these structures track wedge intrusion. Slug (10[1])tests (10[1]-5[1])of these structures (10[1]-5[2])use the gradient of the piezometric head (10[1])to estimate properties like storativity. These structures are less vulnerable (10[1])to contamination when they are confined, (10[2])like the Floridan (10[1])one. (10[2])In the (10[1])hydrological cycle, these structures (10[1])are recharged (10[1])by (10[1])water (10[1])moving (10[1])through (10[1])the unsaturated zone. For 10 points, (10[1])name these permeable rock layers (10[1])that store groundwater. (10[1]) (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: aquifers [accept confined aquifers or unconfined aquifers or perched aquifers; accept groundwater basins; accept Floridan aquifer; prompt on basins; reject “wells” or “drainage basins”]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%13%107.58

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Adam FineChicago AYale A6410
Geoffrey ChenCornell AGeorgia Tech A6810
Aidan FeinVanderbilt ARutgers B7810
Tracy MirkinFlorida AStanford A7910
June YinWUSTL BYale B79-5
Vincent DuNorth Carolina ACornell B82-5
Enoch YuenImperial AMichigan A8210
Nathan SheffieldMIT AUC Berkeley A82-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AOhio State A8910
Geoffrey WuColumbia AToronto A9910
Connor BlakeChicago CMinnesota A10510
Rohan ShelkeUC Berkeley BPurdue A10510
Jerry LinDuke AMaryland A10810
Dan NiCornell BNorth Carolina A10910
Jason HongBrown AChicago B10910
Brad MacLaineTexas AHarvard A11110
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BHouston A11510
Albert ZhangColumbia BNYU A11710
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn APenn State A11810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AGeorgia Tech B11910
Julian GatchSouth Carolina AClaremont A12010
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AMinnesota B12110
Andrew SalijNorthwestern AIndiana A12710
Joelle SmartRutgers AMcGill A13210
Conor ThompsonIowa State AIllinois A13510
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AMIT A13610
Matthew SiffYale BWUSTL B13610