What is the total head 5m below the river bed

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A river is 6 m deep. The riverbed material has a saturated unit weight of 19.5kN/m3.

What is the effective vertical stress 12 m below the water surface?

Consider again the scenario above. Assume the water is static. Assume a datum at the water surface.
a) What is the total head 5.0m below the river bed?
b) What is the pore water pressure at that level?

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