Water balance of Swamp Mahogany and Rhodes grass irrigated with treated sewage effluent

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-171

  Edraki, M ^a,c   So, H B ^a   Gardner, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Department of Natural Resources   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep drainage; Filter technique; Hydraulic conductivity; Overspray; Soil moisture content

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SEWAGE; VEGETATION; WATER;

INTERFLOW; PLANTATIONS; WATER BALANCE;

IRRIGATION;

GRASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER USE;

CHLORIS; CHLORIS GAYANA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS ROBUSTA; SWIETENIA;

EID: 2642572900     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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