Abstract
The effect of water quality, aging and hydraulic gradient, on the saturated hydraulic conductivity (HC) of disturbed smectitic silty loam was studied. Two hydraulic gradient (4.55 and 0.3) and solutions with four SAR (Sodium Adsorption Ratio) values (SAR of 30, 20, 10, and 2) were studied. The soil were packed in 10 cm long columns and were consecutively leached with 10 pore volumes of 0.5, 0.08, 0.04, 0.02, 0.01, and 0.002 M Cl- solutions and distilled water. The HC of the soil decreased with a decrease in electrolyte concentration and an increase in the SAR of the solutions. The effects of hydraulic gradient and aging were pronounced in the soil in equilibrium with solution of SAR < 20 and this effect increased with a decrease in SAR.
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