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The main concluding points of the study can be summarized as follows: (1) The hydro-mechanical behavior of the ring of tighter rock around the opening is similar to that of a semi-permeable liner, and the rate of water inflow into an unlined rock tunnel taking into account the tighter rock zone can be estimated using an analytical approach similar to that used to calculate inflow into a concrete lined tunnel surrounded by a homogeneous medium. (2) An assessment of the in-situ geology needs to be made to determine the potential of highly pervious features which can have hydraulic conductivities that are orders of magnitude larger than the other discontinuities and cause significant increase of the inflow rate. (3) When the drawdown of groundwater level takes place during tunnel excavation, the inflow rate can be approximately estimated by using the excavation-induced lowered groundwater level above a tunnel instead of the initial groundwater level. 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