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Soil column study on five Hong Kong soils on purifying livestock slurry.

by Ng Sai Leung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1990. / Bibliography: leaves [172]-[182] / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.V / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xiv / LIST OF PLATES --- p.xvii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xviii / CHAPTER --- p.Page / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Significance --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Literature review --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Scope and approach of the study --- p.8 / Chapter II --- METHODOLOGY --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Conceptualization --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Soil characteristics / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Site selection --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Descriptions of soils for investigation --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Preliminary percolation test and soil preparation --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4 --- Column design --- p.25 / Chapter 2.5 --- Routine operation --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6 --- Sampling procedure --- p.29 / Chapter 2.7 --- Time schedule of the experiment --- p.30 / Chapter III --- ANALYTICAL METHODS --- p.31 / Chapter 3.1 --- Soil characteristics --- p.31 / Chapter 3.2 --- Soil leachate --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- Continuous monitoring of the column system --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4 --- Manipulation and analysis of data --- p.43 / Chapter 3.5 --- Remarks --- p.44 / Chapter IV --- INITIAL STATE OF THE SYSTEM --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1 --- Slurry characteristics --- p.45 / Chapter 4.2 --- Soil matrix --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3 --- Blank soil leachate --- p.50 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.51 / Chapter V --- HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF THE COLUMNS --- p.53 / Chapter 5.1 --- Hydraulic considerations of disposal design --- p.53 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Soil clogging phenomenon --- p.54 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Significance of soil clogging --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2 --- Morphology of clogging layer --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3 --- Infiltration regimes of the columns --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Kostiakov infiltration model --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Factors affecting infiltration regimes --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4 --- Practical recommendations --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Recommended dosage rate --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Time of failure --- p.66 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Recovery of the system --- p.67 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.68 / Chapter VI --- PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY OF THE SYSTEM --- p.70 / Chapter 6.1 --- PH --- p.70 / Chapter 6.2 --- Specific conductivity --- p.71 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Ion movement pattern --- p.74 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Ion movement mechanism --- p.77 / Chapter 6.3 --- E. coli --- p.78 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- E. coli removal pattern --- p.81 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- E. coli overview --- p.82 / Chapter 6.4 --- Carbon --- p.83 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Carbon attenuation pattern --- p.84 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Carbon transformation mechanisms --- p.93 / Chapter 6.5 --- Nitrogen --- p.95 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Nitrogen attenuation --- p.96 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Nitrogen transformation mechanisms --- p.103 / Chapter 6.6 --- Phosphorus --- p.106 / Chapter 6.7 --- Summary --- p.112 / Chapter VII --- CHEMICAL QUALITY OF SOIL LEACHATE --- p.113 / Chapter 7.1 --- Cluster analysis of leachate samples --- p.114 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- Clustering of soil leachate --- p.115 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- Implications --- p.118 / Chapter 7.2 --- Discriminant analysis of leachate samples --- p.119 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Discriminant functions --- p.119 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Scanning the misclassified samples --- p.123 / Chapter 7.3 --- Spatial and temporal changes of soil leachate --- p.124 / Chapter 7.5 --- Summary --- p.127 / Chapter VIII --- CONTROLLING FACTORS OF THE LEACHATE QUALITY --- p.128 / Chapter 8.1 --- Interrelationship of leachate chemical quality --- p.130 / Chapter 8.2 --- Analytical framework --- p.133 / Chapter 8.3 --- Evaluating the effect of system characteristics --- p.135 / Chapter 8.3.1 --- "Effects on ""degradation""" --- p.137 / Chapter 8.3.2 --- "Effects on ""soil retention""" --- p.138 / Chapter 8.3.3 --- "Effects on ""nitrification""" --- p.138 / Chapter 8.3.4 --- Overall effect --- p.139 / Chapter 8.4 --- Pattern of pollutant attenuation --- p.140 / Chapter 8.5 --- Relative performance of five soils and the effect of depth --- p.142 / Chapter 8.5.1 --- Relative purification efficiency of each soil --- p.143 / Chapter 8.5.2 --- The effect of soil depth on purification --- p.144 / Chapter 8.6 --- Evaluating the effect of slurry concentration --- p.146 / Chapter 8.7 --- Evaluating the effect of management practices --- p.148 / Chapter 8.7.1 --- Gravel washing --- p.148 / Chapter 8.7.2 --- Raking --- p.150 / Chapter 8.8 --- Summary --- p.151 / Chapter IX --- CHANGES OF SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTIES --- p.153 / Chapter 9.1 --- Soil reaction pH --- p.153 / Chapter 9.2 --- Soil electrical conductivity (SEC) --- p.156 / Chapter 9.3 --- Soil total organic carbon (TOC) --- p.158 / Chapter 9.4 --- Soil total nitrogen (TN) --- p.158 / Chapter 9.5 --- Soil total phosphorus (TP) --- p.162 / Chapter 9.6 --- Summary --- p.162 / Chapter X --- CONCLUSION --- p.165 / Chapter 10.1 --- General review of the performance of the columns --- p.165 / Chapter 10.2 --- Purification pathways and contaminant attenuation --- p.166 / Chapter 10.3 --- Factors affecting the purification --- p.167 / Chapter 10.4 --- Impacts of slurry application on the soil properties --- p.168 / Chapter 10.5 --- Practicability of soakaway and recommendations --- p.168 / Chapter 10.6 --- Suggestion and discussion --- p.169 / Chapter 10.6.1 --- Experimental design --- p.169 / Chapter 10.6.2 --- Operational improvement --- p.170 / Chapter 10.6.3 --- Statistical considerations --- p.171 / BIBLIOGRAPHY / APPENDICES

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318587
Date January 1990
ContributorsNg, Sai Leung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography.
PublisherDivision of Geography, Graduate School, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xviii, 171, [28] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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