Long term effect of treated wastewater irrigation on Some soil properties

Khereya A Ben Farag

doi:10.58916/jhas.v9i1.234

Authors

Khereya A Ben Farag Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v9i1.234

Keywords:

Cation exchange capacity, Exchangeable cations, Exchangeable sodium percent, Secondary treated wastewater, Supplementary irrigation.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of using secondary treated wastewater for the purpose of irrigating alfalfa and barley crops during the fall agricultural season on some characteristics of the sandy loam soil in the AL-Hadba EL-Khadra agricultural project located south of the city of Tripoli-Libya. It was found that the irrigated soil samples were not characterized by high concentration levels of exchangeable sodium cations, which were found to be less concentrated than other exchangeable cations, the exploitation of this water for irrigation purposes in the project began in 1970 until the date of publication of this paper.

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