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Radcliffe Ga 08
Radcliffe Ga 08
Siegrist (2007)
Reserve trench volume and sidewall flux for peak flow (peak
loading)
Bouma Equation
biomat
Bouma Equation
K (hs )
1 .10
100
?
10
0.1
0.01
20
40
60
80
100
Bouma Equation
h0 hs + Zb
Kbs
Zb
1 .10
100
10
0.1
0.01
20
40
60
80
100
Bouma Equation
h0 hs + Zb
Kbs
= K (hs )
Zb
1 .10
100
10
0.1
0.01
20
40
60
80
100
Bouma Equation
h0 hs + Zb
Kbs
= K (hs )
Zb
1 .10
100
10
0.1
0.01
20
40
60
80
100
Objectives
Ks
cm d-1
cm-1
s
cm3 cm-3
Sand
642.98
3.18
0.0353
0.053
0.375
Loamy sand
105.12
1.75
0.0347
0.049
0.390
Silt
43.74
1.68
0.0066
0.050
0.489
Sandy loam
38.25
1.45
0.0267
0.039
0.387
Silt loam
18.26
1.66
0.0051
0.065
0.439
Clay
14.75
1.25
0.0150
0.098
0.459
13.19
1.33
0.0211
0.063
0.384
Loam
12.04
1.47
0.0111
0.061
0.399
Sandy clay
11.35
1.21
0.0334
0.117
0.385
11.11
1.52
0.0084
0.090
0.482
Silty clay
9.61
1.32
0.0162
0.111
0.481
Clay loam
8.18
1.41
0.0158
0.079
0.442
Biomat Properties
Finch et al (2007)
Measurements from 6 OWS sites in Georgia
Biomat average thickness (Zb) = 0.5 cm
Biomat average saturated hydraulic
conductivity (Kbs) = 0.23 cm/day
0.055 0.086 0.117 0.149 0.180 0.211 0.243 0.274 0.305 0.337 0.368 0.399
16
14
12
10
y = 2.032x - 4.1472
R2 = 0.8223
8
6
4
2
0
0
10
12
14
16
18
20
Original equation
Modified equation
i=0
h0 hs + Z b
Kbs
= K (hs )
Zb
Zb
h0 hs + Zb
= K (hs )
Zb
Zb
k+1
hs h0 Zb 2
i + h0
Kb
2
k+1
Zb
16
y = 1.089x - 0.2718
R2 = 0.9583
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
0
10
12
14
16
18
20
Bottom flux / Ks
cm d-1
Sand
10.31
Loamy sand
8.88
Silt
10.80
25
Sandy loam
6.62
17
Silt loam
9.41
52
Clay
4.04
27
4.16
32
Loam
5.59
46
Sandy clay
2.97
26
5.93
53
Silty clay
3.82
40
Clay loam
4.00
49
1 .10
Sand
100
Loamy sand
Modified Bouma biomat flux
Silt loam
Silt
10
Sandy clay
1
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Class
HLRD
cm/day
gpd/ft2
Silt
5.40
1.32
Sand
5.16
1.26
Silt loam
4.71
1.15
Loamy sand
4.44
1.09
Sandy loam
3.31
0.81
II
2.97
0.73
II
Loam
2.79
0.68
II
2.08
0.51
III
Clay loam
2.00
0.49
III
Clay
2.02
0.49
III
Silty clay
1.91
0.47
III
Sandy clay
1.48
0.36
IV
HLRD gpd/ft2
System
Class I
Class II
Class III
Siegrist (2007)
1.00
0.5
0.25
1.00
0.7
0.45
0.25
1.09-1.36
0.68-0.81
0.47-0.51
0.36
Our analysis
Class IV
Soil Groupings
System
Class I
Class II
Sandy loam
Siegrit (2007) Sand
Loamy sand Loam
Silt loam
Class III
Class IV
Lindbo et al.
(2007)
Sand
Sandy loam
Loamy sand Loam
Silt loam
Clay loam
Sandy clay loam
Silty clay loam
Silt
Sandy clay
Silty clay
Clay
Our analysis
Sand
Sandy loam
Silt
Silty clay loam
Silt loam
Loam
Loamy sand
Sandy clay
Conclusions
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