Question: Consider saturated flow through a soil column with length = 3 0 cm and diameter = 1 0 cm . The soil in the column

Consider saturated flow through a soil column with length =30 cm and diameter =10 cm. The soil in the column is uniform. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is 10 cm/day, bulk density is 1.35 g/cm3 and particle density is 2.7 g/cm3. A 2-cm depth of water is maintained on top of the column. Water flows out freely from the bottom of the column. The water on top of the column is then changed to a 0.001 mole/L KCl solution. How long will it take for the outflow concentration to reach 0.0005 mol/L Cl- concentration? Explain any necessary assumptions.

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