Water table management to improve drainage water quality in semiarid climatic conditions of Iran

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 665-670

  Noory, Hamideh ^a   Liaghat, Abdol Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Drainage; Effluent; Electric conductivity; Iran; Phosphorous; Subirrigation; Water table; Water use

Indexed keywords

ARID LANDS; IRAN; PHOSPHOROUS; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LYSIMETERS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SUBIRRIGATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFLUENTS;

ALFALFA; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DRAINAGE WATER; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WATER USE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KARAJ; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN [IRAN];

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SCUTELLATA;

EID: 67849107386     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000080     Document Type: Article

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