Percolation Rate
Water
The rate at which water moves through porous media, such as soil. The intake rate used for designing wastewater absorption systems.
The rate, usually expressed as a velocity, at which water moves through saturated granular material. The term is also applied to quantity per unit of time of such movement, and has been used erroneously to designate Infiltration Rate or Infiltration Capacity.
- — Service Hydrologist Reference Manual Glossary of Hydrologic Terms retrieved 2014-06-01