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Agricultural Salinity Assessment and Management

Abstract

  • Prepared by the Water Quality and Drainage Committee of the Irrigation and Drainage Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

    Agricultural Salinity Assessment and Management, second edition, considers worldwide salinity and trace element management in irrigated agriculture and water supplies. This updated edition provides a reference to help sustain irrigated agriculture and integrates contemporary concepts and management practices. It covers technical and scientific aspects of agricultural salinity management, as well as environmental, economic, and legal concerns.

    Topics include: nature and extent of agricultural salinity; diagnosis of salinity problems and selection of control practices; soil response to saline and sodic conditions; plant responses to saline and sodic conditions; long-term regional-scale modeling of soil salinity; case study of San Joaquin Valley, California; institutional and salinity issues on the Upper Rio Grande; and viability of irrigated agriculture with expanding space and time.

    The second edition of MOP 71 is valuable to water professionals, engineers, scientists, practitioners, and educators interested in developing and managing ever more constrained water supplies worldwide.

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Front Matter
i–xxx

    Part 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1:
    Nature and Extent of Agricultural Salinity and Sodicity
    1–25
      Chapter 2:
      Diagnosis of Salinity Problems and Selection of Control Practices: An Overview
      27–55

        Part 2 Effects of Salts on Soils

        Chapter 3:
        The Chemistry of Salt-Affected Soils and Waters
        57–88
          Chapter 4:
          Chemistry of Trace Elements in Soils and Groundwater
          89–137
            Chapter 5:
            Soil Response to Saline and Sodic Conditions
            139–167
              Chapter 6:
              Plant Responses to Saline and Sodic Conditions
              169–205
                Chapter 7:
                Deficiencies and Toxicities of Trace Elements
                207–233
                  Chapter 8:
                  Transgenic Strategies Toward the Development of Salt-Tolerant Plants
                  235–274

                    Part 3 Sampling, Monitoring, and Measurement

                    Chapter 9:
                    Field Sampling of Soil, Water, and Plants
                    275–293
                      Chapter 10:
                      Laboratory and Field Measurements
                      295–341

                        Part 4 Diagnosis of Salt Problems

                        Chapter 11:
                        Irrigation Water Quality Assessments
                        343–370
                          Chapter 12:
                          Leaching and Rootzone Salinity Control
                          371–403
                            Chapter 13:
                            Plant Salt Tolerance
                            405–459
                              Chapter 14:
                              Statistical Models for the Prediction of Field-Scale and Spatial Salinity Patterns from Soil Conductivity Survey Data
                              461–482
                                Chapter 15:
                                Spatially Distributed Solute Balance in a California Water District
                                483–510

                                  Part 5 Salinity Management Options

                                  Chapter 16:
                                  On-Farm Irrigation and Drainage Practices
                                  511–538
                                    Chapter 17:
                                    Drip Irrigation and Salinity
                                    539–559
                                      Chapter 18:
                                      Management of Dryland Saline Seeps
                                      561–589
                                        Chapter 19:
                                        Project-Level Salinity Management Options
                                        591–615
                                          Chapter 20:
                                          San Joaquin Valley, California, Drainage Management Options
                                          617–653

                                            Part 6 Land Reclamation, Treatment and Disposal of Drainage Waters

                                            Chapter 21:
                                            Reclamation of Saline, Sodic, and Boron-Affected Soils
                                            655–685
                                              Chapter 22:
                                              Use of Saline Drainage Waters for Irrigation
                                              687–719
                                                Chapter 23:
                                                Drainage Water Treatment and Disposal Options
                                                721–755
                                                  Chapter 24:
                                                  Agricultural Evaporation Basins
                                                  757–785
                                                    Chapter 25:
                                                    Salinity Assessment of Irrigation Water Using WATSUIT
                                                    787–800
                                                      Chapter 26:
                                                      Leaching Requirement: Steady-State Versus Transient Models
                                                      801–824
                                                        Chapter 27:
                                                        Conceptual Water Flow and Salt Transport for Flux-Limited and Ponded Infiltration
                                                        825–853
                                                          Chapter 28:
                                                          Modeling Transient Rootzone Salinity (SWS Model)
                                                          855–897
                                                            Chapter 29:
                                                            Long-Term Regional-Scale Modeling of Soil Salinity
                                                            899–922
                                                              Chapter 30:
                                                              Conceptual Irrigation Project Hydrosalinity Model
                                                              923–952
                                                                Chapter 31:
                                                                Microeconomics of Salinity and Drainage Management
                                                                953–976
                                                                  Chapter 32:
                                                                  San Joaquin Valley, California: A Case Study
                                                                  977–1031
                                                                    Chapter 33:
                                                                    Institutional and Salinity Issues on the Upper Rio Grande
                                                                    1033–1051
                                                                      Chapter 34:
                                                                      Viability of Irrigated Agriculture with Expanding Space and Time Scales
                                                                      1053–1069
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                                                                        Appendix A:
                                                                        Conversion Tables
                                                                        1071–1075
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                                                                          Index
                                                                          1077–1094