Concentrated animal feeding operations typically store livestock waste in clay-lined ponds. Although these ponds are regulated to include a liner with a small hydraulic conductivity to limit leaching, previous studies have traced surface and groundwater contamination from such regulated animal waste ponds. This research examined the transport of 17β-estradiol (E2) and its primary metabolite, es...

The diffusive transport of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the subsurface at petroleum spill sites can significantly affect vapor migration from sources to buildings and ground surface. Thus, knowledge of compound-specific vapor transport and bio-attenuation is of great interests to those who must identify risks and make corrective action decisions for petroleum spill sites. In this work, ...

Introduction Arsenic from irrigation water is accumulating in soils (Ullah, 1998; Panaullah et al., 2003). The presence of high As in Bangladeshi soils and continuing use of As contaminated irrigation water may affect the movement of As in soil and accumulation of As in rice (Abedin et al., 2002). Transport of As in soil, as well as uptake by plants is governed by mobility, yet mobility of As i...

Fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)) is a water-soluble mycotoxin produced by Fusarium verticillioides. Our research objectives were to determine the leaching of FB(1) through soils and FB(1) binding in soil. Leachate columns were used to determine the movement of FB(1) through soil. FB(1)-contaminated corn screenings or water extracts containing FB(1) were placed on the surface of soil columns. In 100% sand...

There can be many reasons for engineers to place the footings near a slope such as leakage of suitable sites or architectural considerations. One of the approaches to increase the amount of bearing capacity, especially in soft soils, is adding stone columns to the soil. In this research, the behavior of a strip footing placed near a stone column reinforced clayey slope was investigated. For thi...

in order to comparing geostatistics and artificial neural networks (ann) methods in predicting soil salinity and clay content this experiment was conducted in sistan region land. 121 soil samples were taken at the depth of 0-30 cm within the grid of 750 750 m and soil ec and clay percent were determined. 105 samples were used for training and 16 samples were used for test in both models. diffe...

Various materials have been utilized for ground improvement techniques based on geoenvironmental compatibility. The application of lime mortar in soil has been catching the attention of researchers and engineers. However, there is a lack of research on the variation of moisture content in soil affecting the mechanical behavior of lime mortar. In this study, large-scale laboratory tests were con...

ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The laboratory research and completion of this senior project report would not have been possible without the help of many faculty members of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. First, I would like to thank Dr. Burgoa for presenting me with the opportunity to conduct a senior project on this topic. Second, a sincere thank you is due to Craig Stubler, the laboratory technician of the ...

in this study, the feasibility of using magnetic technology to reduce the dispersion of soil has been investigated. the reference treatment was potable water and 3 magnetic water devices (with different magnetic intensities) were used for magnetizing the potable water. the results showed that the magnetic field has a significant effect in order of 5 percent on increasing of magnesium concentrat...

introduction the movement and fate of solutes in the subsurface in affected by a large number of physical, chemical processes requiring a broad array of mathematical and physical sciences to study and describe solute transport. the dispersion is an important parameter in the advection – dispersion equation, which is used in assessing, and solving the problems related to the contamination and th...