A facility designed to monitor the unsaturated zone during infiltration of tertiary-treated sewage, Long Island, New York
Water-Resources Investigations Report
79-48
By: Robert C. Prill, Edward T. Oaksford, and James E. Potorti
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Abstract
A facility consisting of a circular recharge basin 6.10 meters in diameter with a central observation manhole was developed on Long Island, N.Y., to study the role of the unsaturated zone during aquifer recharge with tertiary-treated sewage. The manhole extends through most of the 7.5-meter-thick unsaturated zone, which is composed of glacial outwash sand and gravel, and enables collection of water samples and monitoring of dynamic characteristics of the unsaturated zone during recharge experiments. The system contains instrumentation for monitoring infiltration rate, pressure-head distribution, soil-moisture content, ground-water levels, and soil gases. The 24.55-square-meter recharge basin has operated in all seasons intermittently since April 1975 and, as of April 1978, has transmitted 62 million liters of tertiary-treated effluent to the water-table aquifer. Overall performance of the facility indicates that it is suitably designed for monitoring the unsaturated zone during artificial-recharge experiments. (Kosco-USGS)
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Prill, R.C., Oaksford, E.T., Potorti, J.E., 1979, A facility designed to monitor the unsaturated zone during infiltration of tertiary-treated sewage, Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-48, iv, 14 p. :ill., map ;27 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7948.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | A facility designed to monitor the unsaturated zone during infiltration of tertiary-treated sewage, Long Island, New York |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 79-48 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri7948 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Description | iv, 14 p. :ill., map ;27 cm. |