Author: Pamela A. TelisPublisher:
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Category : Soil infiltration rate
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Estimation of Infiltration Rates of Saturated Soils at Selected Sites in the Caloosahatchee River Basin, Southwestern Florida
Author: Pamela A. TelisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soil infiltration rate
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Estimation of Infiltration Rates of Saturated Soils at Selected Sites in the Caloosahatchee River Basin, Southwestern Florida
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Soil infiltration measurements were made at 23 sites in the Caloosahatchee River Basin in Glades, Hendry, and Lee Counties in southwestern Florida. The sandy soils of the basin are characterized by high infiltration rates limited in some areas by a high water table during the wet season. Because soil characteristics are similar within the basin, soils are classified by landscape group based on landscape cover and associated drainage. In accordance with this designation by the South Florida Water Management District, 11 sites are classified in the rock landscape group, 7 in the flatwoods landscape group, 4 in the slough landscape group, and 1 in the depression landscape group. Data for 16 sites were fit to Horton's equation by using a regression analysis to estimate the infiltration rates of saturated soils. For some sites, an outlier value was removed prior to the regression analysis. Seven of the sites did not yield data that fit Horton's equation. The flatness of the plotted data suggests that saturated conditions may have been reached early in the test. The infiltration rate of saturated soils for these sites was estimated by averaging the data collected after the first 20 minutes of the test. For all sites, the estimated infiltration rates of saturated soils ranged from 9.8 to 115 centimeters per hour in flatwoods, 3.4 to 66 centimeters per hour in rock, and 2.5 to 55 centimeters per hour in slough. The estimated soil infiltration rate at the one site in the depression was 181 centimeters per hour. Five sites were located on irrigation control berms where infiltration rates of the highly compacted and rocky soil may not represent the rates of less disturbed soils at sites within the same landscape groups.
Florida Public Documents
Author: Publisher:
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Category : State government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Estimating Water Loss and Direct Runoff from Storm Rainfall by the Use of the Infiltrometer
Author: J. T. LimerinosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Infiltrometer
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Subsurface Storage of Freshwater in South Florida
Author: W. H. SonntagPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial groundwater recharge
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Central and Southern Florida Project, Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir Project
Author: Estimation of Infiltration Rate in the Vadose Zone
Author: ESTIMATION OF INFILTRATION RATE IN THE VADOSE ZONE: APPLICATION OF SELECTED MATHEMATICAL MODELS... VOLUME II... EPA/600/R-97/128B... U.S. E.
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Study of the Hydrological Characteristics of the Caloosahatchee River Basin
Author: David Barry SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This 1955 report presents the results of a hydrological study of the Caloosahatchee River Basin conducted by the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District. Topics covered include rainfall (rainfall stations stations and records; frequency of annual rainfalls), runoff (discharge stations and records; runoff from Fisheating Creek Basin and Orange River Basin; drought flows; flood flows; surface water quality), and ground water (deep well supplies; shallow well supplies; ground water quality). The report includes a map, tables and charts.
Evaluation of Retention Basins and Soil Amendments to Improve Stormwater Management in Florida
Author: Eban Zachary BeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
ABSTRACT: The research presented here addressed two aspects of stormwater prevention. The first aspect was the elimination of stormwater through retention basins. Infiltration rates were measured by Double Ring Infiltrometer (DRI) within 40 basins in Alachua, Leon, and Marion counties. Measured rates were compared to designed rates to determine whether basins were operating as designed. The 40 basins were equally divided between residential and Florida Department of Transportation land uses. Texture analysis was also performed on soil samples taken from each infiltration location; soil types ranged from sand to sandy clays. Eleven of the 40 basins were also instrumented with monitoring equipment to measure drawdown rates. Three basins did not adequately store water to determine drawdown rates. However, 6 of the remaining 8 basins had drawdown rates less than DRI rates while the other 2 basins were not statistically different from DRI rates. This indicated that subsurface conditions were controlling basin drawdown rates. DRI rates frequently varied by at least an order of magnitude within basins. Based on DRI rates, 16 (40%) basins had rates less than their designed rates, 10 (25%) had rates equal to their designed rates, and 14 (35%) basins had rates greater than their designed rates.