Soil and Water Lab :: NCSU Biological Agricultural Engineering
The Soil and Water Management Research Group conducts academic, research and extension programs in agricultural water management. The primary focus is on poorly drained, high water table soils with specific application to the Coastal Plains of North Carolina The purpose of the Soil and Water Lab is to assist the faculty, staff and graduate students with lab and field measurements of certain soil and water properties.
Types of soil lab tests:
- Soil water retention curve
- Bulk density of soil samples
- Constant Head Permeameter
- Hydrometer Method for Particle Size
Types tests for soils and field work:
- Hydraulic conductivity testing using the auger hole method
- Undisturbed soil core sampling and testing
- Installation of water control devices
- Installation of well monitoring instruments
- Installation of automatic water samplers
- Installation of weather stations
- Design, construction and maintenance of field research apparatus
simple clump moisture test field monitoring tubes 2 rain guages field monitoring tubes 1 wetting-up soil core samples monitoring field OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA bioreactor drain installation 2 soil core bench set-up soil and water meter agi drain installation 2 field box with automatic water sampler digging trench view inside a water structure bioreactor structure monitoring saturating soil cores checking field weight monitoring wetland ring monitoring collecting undisturbed soil sample drainage installation agi drain installation meter testing core sample water research project view of bench 2 cleaning soil sample Drainage water samples monitoring equipment 3 rain guage 2 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA soil-core-sampling water research project view of bench 3 tubing and pipes Jar testing of substance interactions 1 retrieving soil profiles weather-station holding sample in field monitoring site water research project view of bench 1 soil cores bioreactor mointoring equip field core sample view2 Organic soil field testing 2