Solute transport through soil may affect groundwater and surface water quality. In recent years, significant attention has been given to prediction of solute transport in soil and groundwater. Solute transport processes are affected by soil pore water velocity distribution. Pore size distribution estimated from water characteristic curves can be used to infer pore water velocity distribution. The objectives of this study were to develop a simple model relating soil water characteristic curves with soil solute breakthrough curves and to evaluate model predictions through comparisons with measured values. Water characteristic and solute breakthrough data for four soil materials were used to evaluate the model predictions.The simple model developed contains two parameters, one relating to pore size distribution and the other to pore connectivity. The coefficient associated with pore connectivity may be set to a constant value for a variety of soil materials. Therefore, there is only one variable parameter in the model. The results of our comparisons indicate that the simple model is useful for relating characteristic curves and solute breakthrough curves. Predicted values are in good agreement with the measured values. This paper provides a simple, approximate method to predict soil solute transport from soil water characteristic curves.