IJESD 2017 Vol.8(5): 355-358 ISSN: 2010-0264
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.5.977
doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2017.8.5.977
Effect of Turbidity to the Clogging of the Subsurface Drain
Sunisa Smittakorn, Sasiphorn Sasinawaworakul, and Phattara Chutsikarinton
Abstract—Normally, the subsurface drain is benefit in
agricultural area to lower the water table resulting in the
increase of the plant productivity. To drain water in some
particular areas such as a golf course or rather flat area, the
subsurface drain can also be applied. A minor change in the
subsurface drain which permeable material in the envelope be
replaced by an adsorbent was suggested. This new type of
subsurface drain will be served as a sustainable practice to
simultaneously discharge surface runoff, reduce the runoff to
the drainage system, remove any contaminant from the surface
runoff and finally replenish the groundwater. However,
clogging is highly possible to occur due to the size of the
adsorbent. In this work, the effect of the turbidity to the
hydraulic conductivity of two adsorbents; granular activated
carbon and a composite material of sand and anthracite was
investigated. The source of input water was from a drainage
canal in order to have similar turbidity of the surface runoff.
Results showed that steady state hydraulic conductivities of
both adsorbents were still within the range of typical permeable
materials in envelope in this case was gravel. However, it was
recommended that granular activated carbon should be
selected as a substitute because its steady state hydraulic
conductivity was higher than that of a composite material of
sand/anthracite and for the practicality during the
construction.
Index Terms—Shallow aquifer recharge (SAR), subsurface drain, clogging.
The authors are with Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand (e-mail: ssunisa@engr.tu.ac.th, sasiphorn_sasi@hotmail.com, Firer_pat@hotmail.com).
Index Terms—Shallow aquifer recharge (SAR), subsurface drain, clogging.
The authors are with Department of Civil Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand (e-mail: ssunisa@engr.tu.ac.th, sasiphorn_sasi@hotmail.com, Firer_pat@hotmail.com).
Cite: Sunisa Smittakorn, Sasiphorn Sasinawaworakul, and Phattara Chutsikarinton, "Effect of Turbidity to the Clogging of the Subsurface Drain," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 355-358, 2017.
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