ABSTRACT
Ground water contamination is of increasing concern for environmentalists in developed and developing countries. To prevent the contamination of subsurface water, it is of paramount importance to understand the phenomenon which causes the transport of the salts and other contaminants. This information regarding the movement of dissolved substances in the subsoil is a vital requirement for successful subsurface management. The present work is a column study conducted to understand the parameters affecting flow through unsaturated media. Transport is also studied for saturated soil for comparison. This study is important to determine the time span or the time lag between the application of a solution or the waste on the land and the time for it to reach a certain depth, which is required to plan an effluent management system. This will also help in understanding the abrupt eruption of contaminant.
