@article{MAKHILLJEAS20072112659, title = {Soil-Water Sorptivity Estimation for Some Nigerian Soils}, journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, pages = {219-221}, year = {2007}, issn = {1816-949x}, doi = {jeasci.2007.219.221}, url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2007.219.221}, author = {J.O. Aribisala}, keywords = {Sorptivity,infiltration,Soil,water content}, abstract = {Soil-water Sorptivity (S) is a single parameter that can be used to measure infiltrated water into the soil at a particular time, predict groundwater recharge and soil erosion, predict unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, determine saturated hydraulic conductivity and predict soil water diffusivity. This paper presents a simple method of estimating soil-water sorptivity. The experiment was carried out using some selected Nigerian soils. The infiltration experiment allows water to pass through a soil column. The volume of water infiltrating through a soil column at a particular time was measured. The infiltrated water (cm) was plotted against square root of time. Soil-water sorptivity was estimated as the slope of the graph.} }