@inproceedings{96cbcc28403d4f058323c159f3947fb6,
title = "Conductivity and transit time estimates of a soil liner",
abstract = "A field-scale soil linear was built to assess the feasibilty of constructing a liner to meet the saturated hydraulic conductivity requirement of the U.S. EPA (i.e., less than 1 × 10-7 cm/s), and to determine the breakthrough and transit times of water and tracers through the liner. The liner, 8 × 15 × 0.9 m, was constructed in 15-cm compacted lifts using a 20,037-kg pad-foot compactor and standard engineering practices. Estimated saturated hydraulic conductivities were 2.4 × 10-9 cm/s, based on data from large-ring infiltrometers; 4.0 × 10-8 cm/s from small-ring infiltrometers; and 5.0 × 10-8 cm/s from a water-balance analysis. These estimates were derived from 1 year of monitoring water infiltration into the linear. Breakthrough of tracers at the base of the liner was estimated to be between 2 and 13 years, depending on the method of calculation and the assumptions used in the calculation.",
author = "Krapac, {I. G.} and K. Cartwright and Panno, {S. V.} and Hensel, {B. R.} and Rehfeldt, {K. H.} and Herzog, {B. L.}",
year = "1990",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "087262756X",
series = "Optim Resour Water Manage Proc ASCE 17th Annu Natl Conf",
publisher = "Publ by ASCE",
pages = "820--823",
booktitle = "Optim Resour Water Manage Proc ASCE 17th Annu Natl Conf",
note = "Optimizing the Resources for Water Management - Proceedings of the ASCE 17th Annual National Conference ; Conference date: 17-04-1990 Through 21-04-1990",
}