Wastewater Irrigation Impacts on Soil Hydraulic Conductivity: Coupled Field Sampling and Laboratory Determination of Saturated Hydraulic ConductivityJack E. Watson 1, Tyson Robb 2, Danielle Andrews-Brown 3, Melissa Miller 1
1Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, 2Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, State University of New York, Oneonta, 3Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Pittsburgh
Here we present a methodology which matches a soil sample size and a hydraulic conductivity measurement device to prevent the so-called wall flow along the inside of the soil container from being erroneously included in water flow measurements. Its use is demonstrated with samples collected from a wastewater irrigation site.
