Designation:D7701−11StandardTestMethodforDeterminingtheFlowRateofWaterandSuspendedSolidsfromaGeotextileBag1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD7701;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodisusedtodeterminetheflowrateofwaterandsuspendedsolidsthroughageosyntheticpermeablebagusedtocontainhighwatercontentslurrysuchasdredgedmaterial.1.2Theresultsforthewaterandsedimentthatpassthroughthegeotextilebagareshownaslitersofwaterpertimeperiod,andthepercenttotalsuspendedsolidsinmilligramsperliterorpartspermillion.1.3Theflowrateistheaveragerateofpassageofaquantityofsolidsandwaterthroughthebagoveraspecifictimeperiod.1.4Thistestmethodrequiresseveralpiecesofspecifiedequipmentsuchasanintegratedwatersampler,analyticalbalance,geotextilecontainer,frametoholdthegeotextilecontainer,andcleancontainerstocollectthedecantwaterandarepresentativesampleofhighwatercontentmaterialfromtheproposeddredgeareaorslurrysource.1.5ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasthestandard.Thevaluesinparenthesesareprovidedforinforma-tiononly.1.6Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD653TerminologyRelatingtoSoil,Rock,andContainedFluidsD4354PracticeforSamplingofGeosyntheticsandRolledErosionControlProducts(RECPs)forTestingD4439TerminologyforGeosyntheticsD4759PracticeforDeterminingtheSpecificationConfor-manceofGeosynthetics3.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1Fordefinitionsofothertermsrelatingtogeosynthetics,refertoTerminologyD44393.1.2Fordefinitionsoftextileterms,refertoTerminologyD1233.1.3Fordefinitionso...
