Investigating the Suitability of Drainage Channels Water for Irrigation in Bafra Plain

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 28 - 43, 12.07.2019

Bilal Cemek Kadir Güler Erdem Küçüktopcu

https://doi.org/10.31807/tjwsm.446388

Abstract

In
this study, drainage effluent water quality parameters of Muamlı and Bedeş
drainage canals, to which there are not any intrusion from other places, were
monitored year-long and the effects of drainage canals on salt leaching from
plain soils were assessed. Water samples were taken from 9 different locations
of Muamlı and Bedeş canals in July and September. Soil samples were taken from
paddy fields irrigated with the effluents of these drainage canals after the
harvest. Water and soil samples were analyzed for different quality parameters.
Present findings revealed that water samples did not have any problems with
regard to residual sodium carbonate (RSC), sodium, sulphate and chlorine and
can be used safely. For Salinity of water samples taken from Muamlı drainage
canal (EC_w)varied between 2.79-2.97 dS/m and EC_w values
of Bedeş drainage canal varied between 1.01-4.95 dS/m. It was concluded that
drainage canal effluents created serious salinity problems and ultimately
resulted in significant yield losses

Keywords

drainage, bafra plain, paddy

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