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Bio-drainage: to control water logging and salinity in irrigated lands

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dc.contributor.authorKapoor, A. S., author
dc.contributor.authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-13T19:50:49Z
dc.date.available2020-05-13T19:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2000-06
dc.descriptionPresented at the 2000 USCID international conference, Challenges facing irrigation and drainage in the new millennium on June 20-24 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
dc.description.abstractIrrigated agriculture faces the problem of water logging and salinisation. Presently practised drainage measures cause water pollution and environmental degradation. Bio-drainage, in which the property of transpiration of trees is used to strike a water balance and check the rise of ground water table above critical depth, can be an option to control water logging and salinisation of soils. In case irrigation water is of good quality, total minerals removed annually by crop and forest bio mass can match the total annual import of minerals with the irrigation water. A case study of Indira Gandhi Canal Project (IGNP), Rajasthan, India is presented. Feasibility of bio-drainage and how water balance and salt balance can be achieved are described with the help of theoretical principles as well on the basis of research results and field experience. In case of the IGNP, forest plantations in no more than in about 10 percent area, can provide satisfactory insurance against water logging.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumCD-ROMs
dc.format.mediumproceedings (reports)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/206725
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofIrrigation Management
dc.relation.ispartofChallenges facing irrigation and drainage in the new millennium. Volume 2, Poster session
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dc.sourceContained in: Challenges facing irrigation and drainage in the new millennium. Volume 2, Poster session, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 20-24, http://hdl.handle.net/10217/46320
dc.titleBio-drainage: to control water logging and salinity in irrigated lands
dc.title.alternativeIrrigation and drainage in the new millennium
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