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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Keywords
Drainage, Waterlogging, Salinity, Western Australia
First Page Number
74
Last Page Number
77
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
Some farmers have used level W1SALTS banks to control surface zvaters above areas affected by ivaterlogging and salinity. Because the amount of waterlogging has been reduced, crop yields have increased downslope of some banks. However, the banks divert fresh surface water into deeper salty groundwater and, in the long term, worsen salinity. This article details an investigation of the effect of level WIS ALTS banks on saline groundwaters and discusses alternative methods of preventing the waterlogging of saline areas.
Recommended Citation
McFarlane, Don; Engel, Richard; Ryder, Arjen; and Eales, Maurice
(1990)
"Level banks used to decrease waterlogging can increase salinity,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 31:
No.
2, Article 11.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol31/iss2/11