TY  - JOUR
T1  - Soil-Water Sorptivity Estimation for Some Nigerian Soils
AU - , J.O. Aribisala 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
SP  - 219
EP  - 221
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2007.219.221
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2007.219.221
KW  - Sorptivity
KW  -infiltration
KW  -Soil
KW  -water content
AB  - 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.
ER  -