INFILTRATION “The surface entry of water into the soil”
Despite strict definition, infiltration is really a 3-phase process: 1.Surface Entry 2.Transmission 3.Soil Storage Depletion
Volume of voids occupied by water Total volume of soil 18 Minutes
Volume of voids occupied by water Total volume of soil 159 Minutes
EXAMPLES OF ESTIMATED INFILTRATION RATES Source: Bedient, Huber and Vieux, after Rawls, 1976 fcfok EXAMPLEmm/hr (/hr)