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Selected Works of Jude Alexander
Presentation
The Percolation Test – A Test with False Pretensions
Onsite and Decentralised Sewerage and Recycling Conference (2008)
  • Robert van de Graaff
  • Jude Alexander
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Abstract
An inappropriate test lacking predictive value is used in Victoria for sizing EPA-accredited effluent disposal fields. No one has any evidence that the use of the percolation test leads to a sustainable loading rate of a land application area, so why should it not be scrapped?
Keywords
  • Percolation test,
  • Soil hydraulic conductivity,
  • Sizing effluent disposal fields
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Publication Date
October, 2008
Citation Information
Robert van de Graaff and Jude Alexander. "The Percolation Test – A Test with False Pretensions" Onsite and Decentralised Sewerage and Recycling Conference (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jude_alexander/5/