Leaching and transport of technetium from reducing cementitious waste forms in field lysimeters.

Field lysimeters tests examined leaching of technetium-99 (Tc) from two types of cementitious waste forms and found that the presence of blast furnace slag reduced the overall leaching of Tc from the waste form. The two cementitious waste forms were a slag-grout 45%/45%/10% mixture of fly ash, blast furnace slag, and cement, respectively, referred to as slag-grout or a 55%/45% mixture of cement and fly ash, respectively, referred to here simply as cement. Duplicate sources of each composition were buried in four lysimeters for approximately 10 months to evaluate leaching characteristics under natural meteorological conditions in South Carolina, USA.

Effects of construction-related land use change on streamflow and sediment yield.

Observations from four small watersheds by the Reedy River in upstate South Carolina, USA, were used to evaluate the effects of urban development due to residential construction on streamflow and sediment yield, and to assess the effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs). Paired watershed studies were used to quantify changes in flow magnitudes and sediment outputs at the watershed scale. A novel method based on the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation was developed to quantify the contribution from each land use to watershed sediment yield.