Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/hydrologydc.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/hydrologydc.m	(revision 17021)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/hydrologydc.m	(revision 17022)
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 		spcsediment_head         = NaN;
+		sediment_transmitivity   = NaN;
 		sediment_compressibility = 0;
 		sediment_porosity        = 0;
 		sediment_thickness       = 0;
-		sediment_transmitivity   = 0;
+
 
 		spcepl_head              = NaN;
@@ -89,5 +90,5 @@
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','hydrology.sediment_porosity','>',0,'numel',1);
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','hydrology.sediment_thickness','>',0,'numel',1);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','hydrology.sediment_transmitivity','>',0,'numel',1);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','hydrology.sediment_transmitivity','>=',0,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
 
 			if obj.isefficientlayer==1,
@@ -164,5 +165,5 @@
 			WriteData(fid,'object',obj,'fieldname','sediment_porosity','format','Double');			
 			WriteData(fid,'object',obj,'fieldname','sediment_thickness','format','Double');
-			WriteData(fid,'object',obj,'fieldname','sediment_transmitivity','format','Double');		
+			WriteData(fid,'object',obj,'fieldname','sediment_transmitivity','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1');		
 
 			if obj.isefficientlayer==1,	
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 17021)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/model.m	(revision 17022)
@@ -726,4 +726,5 @@
 				md.hydrology.spcepl_head=project3d(md,'vector',md.hydrology.spcepl_head,'type','node','layer',1);
 				md.hydrology.mask_eplactive_node=project3d(md,'vector',md.hydrology.mask_eplactive_node,'type','node','layer',1);
+				md.hydrology.sediment_transmitivity=project3d(md,'vector',md.hydrology.sediment_transmitivity,'type','node','layer',1);
 	    end