Soil and Water Research, 2009 (vol. 4), issue 1
Use of the KINFIL rainfall-runoff model on the Hukava catchmentOriginal Paper
Pavel Kovář, Václav Kadlec
Soil & Water Res., 2009, 4(1):1-9 | DOI: 10.17221/22/2008-SWR 
The paper reports on the flood events on the forested Hukava catchment. It describes practical implementation of the KINFIL rainfall-runoff model. This model has been used for the reconstruction of the rainfall-runoff events and thus for the calibration of its parameters. The model was subsequently used to simulate the design discharges with an event duration of td = 30, 60, and 300 min in the period of recurrence of 100 years, and during the scenario simulations of the land use change when 40% and 80% of the forest in the catchment had been cleared out and then replaced by permanent grasslands. The implementation of the KINFIL...
Assessment of transport risk of cadmium and lead on the basis of immobilisation capability of soilOriginal Paper
Jarmila Makovníková, Gabriela Barančíková
Soil & Water Res., 2009, 4(1):10-16 | DOI: 10.17221/31/2008-SWR
The objective of this paper is the ambition to elaborate a system of evaluating the potential transport risk of inorganic risk elements, cadmium and lead, and of creating maps of the soil potential for the immobilisation of these risk elements. The categorisation of the potential immobilisation of cadmium and lead was realised on the basis of two layers, the layer of metal concentration (Cd or Pb) and the layer of potential soil sorption. The level of metal concentration was evaluated according to the Slovak Soil Law. The potential soil sorption (PSS) of cadmium and lead is defined by qualitative parameters (soil reaction - pH value, optical parameter...
Application of neuro-genetic algorithm to determine reservoir response in different hydrologic adversariesOriginal Paper
Mrinmoy Majumder, Rabindra Nath Barman, Pankaj Kr. Roy, Bipal Kr. Jana, Asis Mazumdar
Soil & Water Res., 2009, 4(1):17-27 | DOI: 10.17221/32/2008-SWR
The hydrologic adversaries like high magnitude storms, extreme dryness, aridity, more than normal demand for water etc. often cause a huge stress on the storage structures such as reservoirs and check dams. This stress implies a lot of adverse effects on the adjacent population. One of the major causes of floods and droughts were due to the mis-management of stored water during hydrologic adversaries. The present study tries to estimate the distribution of the surplus water in the case of hydrologic adversaries. In this regard, two years of daily discharge data of one of the reservoirs, Panchet, of the river Damodar was randomly selected and grouped...
Approximation of subsurface drainage discharge by De Zeeuw-Hellinga theory and its verification in heavy soils of fluvial landscape of the Cerhovice brookOriginal Paper
Jakub Štibinger
Soil & Water Res., 2009, 4(1):28-38 | DOI: 10.17221/37/2008-SWR
The subsurface drainage discharge is one of the most important indicators of the impact of the drainage systems on the water management. The procedure adopted in this study is based on the application of the De Zeeuw-Hellinga theory to derive the final expression for the estimation of the value of the subsurface drainage discharge. A simple analytical approximation of the Bussinesq's Equation was used to verify theoretically the validity of the De Zeeuw-Hellinga assumptions and to confirm the correctness of other corresponding processes. The formulas describing the subsurface drainage discharge were derived in the conditions of the unsteady state subsurface...
Water erosion and characteristics of sediment load in the Kopaninský stream basinShort Communication
Jana Uhlířová, Markéta Kaplická, Tomáš Kvítek
Soil & Water Res., 2009, 4(1):39-46 | DOI: 10.17221/30/2008-SWR
In May 2005, a major part of the Czech Republic was hit by an extreme rainstorm resulting in both soil erosion and flood events. We surveyed the erosion rills and soil material deposits produced by this rainstorm in the most damaged field of the experimental catchment Kopaninsky stream in the Bohemo-Moravian Highland. We measured the volume of the deposited sediment, its texture, bulk density, and other properties. The sediment consisted of two layers with a fuzzy boundary between them. The lower layer contained more fine particles, while the upper layer was mainly formed by a coarser material. The sediment generally contained lower amounts of Cox...