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Salts in Irrigation Drainage Waters: I. Effects of Irrigation Water Composition, Leaching Fraction, and Time of Year on the Salt Compositions of Irrigation Drainage Waters¹

ABSTRACT

The compositions of percolated drainage waters resulting from the use of eight synthesized river waters of the Western USA under conditions of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) production in a controlled lysimeter experiment are presented. The compositions are shown to be affected by (i) the composition of the river water used for irrigation; (ii) the fraction of applied water that appeared as drainage water; (iii) the presence or absence of soil CaCO₃; (iv) whether or not the drainage water is open to the atmosphere, and (v) the time of year.

¹ Contribution from the US Salinity Laboratory, Western Region, ARS, USDA, Riverside, California. This research was presented in part at the Amer. Soc. of Agronomy meetings in New York, August 18, 1971.

² Soil Scientist, Chemist, Agricultural Res. Tech., and Physical Sci. Tech., respectively.

Received for publication January 11, 1973. Accepted for publication March 16, 1973.

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