Hydraulic properties of Toowoomba soils for laundry water reuse

Sivongxay, Amphone (2005) Hydraulic properties of Toowoomba soils for laundry water reuse. [USQ Project]

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Abstract

The main purpose of this project was to evaluate the potential effects of laundry
water irrigation of residential lawns and gardens on the soil hydraulic properties. The
project aimed to experimentally determine the soil properties such as pH, EC, soil
water retention and saturated hydraulic conductivity using a typical soil in the
Toowoomba city.
A set of three treatments were used for various experiments. Undisturbed soil cores
(referred to as field cores) were used as a treatment to simulate the application of
laundry water on well established gardens of suburban backyards. Furthermore,
disturbed soil cores referred to as loose and compacted treatments were used to
simulate the application of laundry water on recently prepared garden beds and
somewhat older garden beds (with some settlement), respectively. Experiments
involved two leaching scenarios in which laundry water was applied to initially moist
(unsaturated) soils and to wet (saturated) soils.

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Item Type:	USQ Project
Refereed:	No
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Engineering and Surveying - Department of Agricultural, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Up to 30 Jun 2013)
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2007 00:23
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 22:32
Uncontrolled Keywords:	laundry water, soil hydraulic, diffused double layer (DDL), soil moisture, salt leaching
Fields of Research (2008):	05 Environmental Sciences > 0503 Soil Sciences > 050399 Soil Sciences not elsewhere classified 09 Engineering > 0907 Environmental Engineering > 090799 Environmental Engineering not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (2020):	41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 4106 Soil sciences > 410699 Soil sciences not elsewhere classified 40 ENGINEERING > 4011 Environmental engineering > 401199 Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified
URI:	https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/505

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