Wood preservation facilities, general recommendations: chapter A, table 9


Table 9. Site Features Affecting the Design of a Wood Preservation Facility (all preservatives)

  Suggested degree of mitigating design/operational measures
Site features Slight Severe
Soil texture Loam, silty loam, silty clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay Gravel
Permeability (cm/h) < 0.5 > 50
Topography (% slope) 0-9 > 30
Soil depth to bedrock (cm) > 200 < 60
Depth to groundwater (cm) > 200 < 60
Flooding None Frequent (> once/20 years)
Drainage Slow Very rapid

Distance to surface water body

(lake or river)

Depends on interaction with other site features

(e.g. permeability of soil)

Directly adjacent

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