Study of Safe Separation Distances between Rural Wells and Neighbouring Soak-Away Systems

It is becoming increasingly common for educated Nigerians to build houses in rural and semi-urban areas of the country. The plan of a typical modern house includes construction of a septic tank and soakaway for disposal of wastewaters. Very often, a well is dug on the same plot of land for supply of...

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1. Verfasser: OGEDENGBE, O.
Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020
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Online-Zugang:https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/300
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Zusammenfassung:It is becoming increasingly common for educated Nigerians to build houses in rural and semi-urban areas of the country. The plan of a typical modern house includes construction of a septic tank and soakaway for disposal of wastewaters. Very often, a well is dug on the same plot of land for supply of water in lieu of tap water supply. The study reported in this paper shows that in a silty sand soil, the safe separation is about 14 meters,