Evaluation of a Slope Stability in Nebraska with Biopolymer Treated Soil

Slope degradation is a critical aspect to naturally occurring slopes and civil engineering. More often than not, failure of slopes occurs due to gravitational force, water seepage, or surface erosion which develops an inconvenience to infrastructure that is settled upon suspected soil. The purpose of this research is to determine whether soil strengthening with biopolymers can prove to be effective on the field as it was in the lab. To achieve this some field data collection will be acquired from Verdigre Slope, in Knox County, Nebraska. The moisture content and hydraulic conductivity data of the soil monitored will be attained and then applied into a computer modeling software to compare slope degradation, between biopolymer mixed soil with that of untreated soil.