Research Article
Investigation and Characterization of Soil for River Bank Filtration System
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.16-5-2020.2304100, author={H Vijaya Kumar and Nagaraj S Patil and Sanjeev Sangami}, title={Investigation and Characterization of Soil for River Bank Filtration System}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Advanced Scientific Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology, ICASISET 2020, 16-17 May 2020, Chennai, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICASISET}, year={2021}, month={1}, keywords={river bank filtration soil texture porosity permeability}, doi={10.4108/eai.16-5-2020.2304100} }- H Vijaya Kumar
Nagaraj S Patil
Sanjeev Sangami
Year: 2021
Investigation and Characterization of Soil for River Bank Filtration System
ICASISET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.16-5-2020.2304100
Abstract
Soil study has been done to check soil suitability for River Bank Filtration (RBF). A Somlapura village on the bank of Tungabhadra River is selected as study site. In study site 3 different soil samples were collected from 3 different locations to understand the characteristics of soils at a river bank (i.e. Soil texture and permeability). The report of grain size analysis of these 3 samples showed that the soil consists of gravel and sand, which are porous in nature. The permeability test results of soil samples 1, 2, and 3are 1.16×10-3cm/sec, 7.67×10-3cm/sec, and 3.87×10-3cm/sec respectively. The maximum permeability of soil sample 2 at site 1 is 7.67×10-3 cm/sec. The soil which has the maxi-mum permeability is more likely to be suitable for the River Bank Filtration application.