Effect of Garden Grass Adsorbent on the Performance of Soil Aquifer Treatment (SAT)
Shivalinga Saboji S1, Nagarajappa D. P2, Manjunath N.T3, Manjunatha K4

1Shivalinga Saboji S, Department of Civil Engineering, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
2Dr. Nagarajappa D.P, Professor and PG CO Coordinator, Department of Civil Engineering, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
3Dr. Manjunath N.T, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
4Dr. Manjunatha K, Professor and Chairman, Department of Civil Engineering, UBDT College of Engineering, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
Manuscript received on 15 September 2016 | Revised Manuscript received on 23 September 2016 | Manuscript Published on 30 September 2016 | PP: 15-18 | Volume-6 Issue-4, September 2016 | Retrieval Number: D2367096416/16©BEIESP
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Abstract: In the present work, Garden Grass was used to enhance the removal efficiency of Soil Aquifer System (SAT) for the removal of Cadmium(Cd) and Lead(Pb). The column studies were carried out using 3 different concentrations for both metals in Synthetic water (5, 15, 25mg/L) and varying adsorbent heights (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80%) in 0.8m soil depth. Soil properties were determined and Loamy Sand soil was used. The efficiency of SAT to remove Cd and Pb without Garden Grass resulted in 47.2%, 49.8%, 45.5% for Cd and 38.4%, 44.5%, 43% for Pb. The conjunction of Garden Grass in SAT resulted in increased removal efficiency. Whereas the efficiency was observed maximum at 80% height of adsorbent resulting in 81.6%, 82.4%, 69.7% for Cd and 36.7%, 57.2%, 48.2% for Pb. Comparison studies show that SAT in conjunction with Garden Grass showed better performance than without adsorbent one.
Keywords: Cadmium, Garden Grass SAT, Synthetic Water.

Scope of the Article: Soil-Structure Interaction