Water infiltration capacity under different land uses and agricultural management practices

  • Adilson Pinheiro Universidade Regional de Blumenau
  • Lizandra Poeta Teixeira Universidade Regional de Blumenau
  • Vander Kaufmann Universidade Regional de Blumenau
Keywords: Watershed management, soil physical properties, water movements in soil

Abstract

Knowledge of physical and hydraulic properties of soil is important for the appropriate use and management of soil, and for the understanding of dynamic movement process of water and solutes. This study aims to determine the soil infiltration capacity of the Concordia Experimental Basin, located in the municipality of Lontras in Santa Catarina state. The infiltration tests were performed with the concentric ring infiltrometer, with a diameter of 25 and 50 cm on twenty sampling points showing different uses of land and agricultural management practices. The initial capacity of infiltration, calculated by Horton's equation, ranged from 0.8 (pasture) to 5.0 cm min-1 (pine forest and cassava planting). In pasture areas, the initial infiltration ranged from 0.8 to 0.9 cm min-1. Regarding the minimum value, they ranged from 0.01 (perennial pasture) to 0.3 cm min-1 (minimum tillage for corn). In forest areas, the minimum infiltration varied between 0.05 and 0.15 cm min-1 and in the areas of pasture, it was equal to 0.01 cm min-1.

Author Biography

Adilson Pinheiro, Universidade Regional de Blumenau
Engenheiro Civil pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (1985), mestre em recursos hídricos e saneamento pelo Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1990) e doutor em Física e Química Ambiental pelo Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (1995). Pós-doutorado no Institut de Mécaniques de Fluides de Toulouse (1996) e Cemagref (2006). Professor do Departamento de Engenharia Civil da Universidade Regional de Blumenau, das disciplinas de saneamento (engenharia civil), controle da poluição ambiental (ciências Biológicas), manejo de bacias hidrográficas (engenharia florestal), introdução a tecnologia ambiental e Hidrologia Ambiental (Mestrado em Engenharia Ambiental). Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Ambiental. Atuação nas área de hidrologia, recursos hídricos e saneamento ambiental.
Published
29/08/2009
Section
Papers