Shallow Ground-Water Influence on Salt Budgets for Newlands Project
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 121, Issue 6
Abstract
An adverse relationship between irrigated agriculture and wetlands in arid regions could be mitigated by using recovered shallow ground water for irrigation. Salt and water balances for the Carson Division of the Newlands Project in Northwest Nevada were created to identify the suitability and the potential annual recovery of ground water from the shallow aquifer for crop irrigation. Project salt balances and salt concentration ratios suggest that the shallow aquifer acts as a salt source for total dissolved solids (TDS), Na, Ca, and SO 4, but is suitable for irrigation. Annually, 7.38 × 10 −2 km 3 (60,000 acre-ft) of shallow ground water could be available for irrigation. Exchanging the intercepted ground water (TDS = 1,235 mg/L), which presently flows to the wetlands, with an equal quantity of uncontaminated reservoir water (TDS = 150–300 mg/L) would benefit the wetlands.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 121 • Issue 6 • November 1995
Pages: 436 - 441
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Copyright © 1995 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Nov 1, 1995
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