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Changes in soil aggregate stability under different irrigation doses of waste water |
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Alicia Morugan, Fuensanta Garcia-Orenes, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Victoria Arcenegui, Gema Bárcenas |
Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2010
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Medientyp |
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Englisch
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Digitales Dokument |
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In: GRA - Volume 12 (2010) |
Datensatznummer |
250034358
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Zusammenfassung |
Freshwater availability and soil degradation are two of the most important environmental
problems in the Mediterranean area acerbated by incorrect agricultural use of irrigation in
which organic matter is not correctly managed, the use of low quality water for irrigation, and
the inefficiency of dose irrigation. For these reasons strategies for saving water and for the
restoration of the mean properties of soil are necessary. The use of treated waste water
for the irrigation of agricultural land could be a good solution to these problems,
as it reduces the utilization of fresh water and could potentially improve key soil
properties.
In this work we have been studying, for more than three years, the effects on soil
properties of different doses of irrigation with waste water. Here we show the results on
aggregate stability. The study is located in an agricultural area at Biar (Alicante, SE of
Spain), with a crop of grape (Vitis labrusca). Three types of waters are being used
in the irrigation of the soil: fresh water (control) (TC), and treated waste water
from secondary (T2) and tertiary treatment (T3). Three different doses of irrigation
have been applied to fit the efficiency of the irrigation to the crop and soil type:
D10 (10 L m-2 every week during 17 months), D50 (50 L m-2 every fifteen days
during 14 moths) and D30 (30 L m-2 every week during 6 months up to present
day).
The results showed a clear decrease of aggregate stability during the period we used the
second dose (D50) independent of the type of water used. That dose of irrigation and
frequency produced strong wetting and drying cycles (WD) in the soil, and this is suspected
to be the main factor responsible for the results. When we changed the dose of irrigation to
D30, reducing the quantity per event and increasing the frequency, the soil aggregate
stability started to improve. This dose avoids strong drying periods between irrigation
events and the aggregate stability is confirmed to be slowly increasing. A study in
the medium or long-term is necessary to continue to ascertain the impact on soil
of the irrigation and to assess the feasibility of using these waters in this type of
soil.
Aknowledgements: This research was supported by the Water Reuse project (Reference
STREP- FP6-2003-INCO-Russia+NIS-1. PL 516731). A. Morugán acknowledge the grants
from “Caja Mediterraneo”. The authors also acknowledge the "Biar waste water treatment
station", “Entidad pública de saneamiento de aguas residuales de la Comunidad Valenciana”
and "Proaguas Costablanca" for the collaboration and to Frances Young for improving the
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