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Subsurface Alternatives for On-Site Wastewater Disposal in the Alabama
Black Belt Soil Area
Jiajie He, Grad. Student, Biosystems Engin., Auburn Univ.Mark Dougherty, Asst. Prof., Biosystems Engin., Auburn Univ.
Barrett Vaughan, Asst. Prof., College of Agric. & Engin., Tuskegee Univ.Teferi Tsegaye, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Plant & Soil Sci., Alabama A&M Univ.David Mays, Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Plant & Soil Sci., Alabama A&M Univ.
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Project background On-site waste water disposal in Black Belt Environmental challenges with
conventional on-site waste water disposal
Subsurface alternatives Combined drip irrigation/plant uptake
systems
Subsurface Alternatives for On-site Wastewater Disposal in the Alabama Black Belt Soil Area
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Project GoalProject Goal
To increase the hydraulic disposal rate of septic tank effluent on selected Blackland Prairie soils
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MethodsMethods
Delineate Black Belt soil study area Classify county soils data (SSURGO)
for septic systems Analyze demographics of the study
area Test combined drip irrigation/plant
uptake systems
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Study Area DelineationStudy Area Delineation
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Soil Rating System for On-Site Septic Soil Rating System for On-Site Septic SystemSystem
Soil suitability for conventional septic
systems
Percolation rate Distance to Restrictive layers
Suitable (green) 5 to 90 min./in 36 inches or deeper
Marginally suitable (yellow)
91 to 120 min./in. 36 inches or deeper
Unsuitable (Red) >120 min./in. within 36 inches of the surface
Source: Alabama Department of Public Health, Administrative Code, March 2005 (Draft).
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Suitable 104,749 Acres
Marginal Suitable 302,331 Acres
Unsuitable 1,422,533 Acres
Water Body 30,463 Acres
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Total Population 393,953
Rural Population 152,870
Urban Population 241,083
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Potential study sites
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Drip Irrigation EquipmentDrip Irrigation Equipment
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Virtual image of study site:Combined drip irrigation/plant uptake treatment system
Planned installation: Summer 2006, Dallas Co., AL
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AcknowledgmentsAcknowledgments
Alabama Agriculture Land Grant Alliance Auburn University, Biosystem Engineering
Department & Civil Engineering Department Tuskegee University Alabama A&M University