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Irrigation of rangeland soils with coal seam water - A lysimeter study on soil physico-chemical properties

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  • Wehr, J. Bernhard
  • Dalzell, Scott A.
  • Macfarlane, David C.
  • Menzies, Neal W.
  • Kopittke, Peter M.

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Groundwater extracted from coal seams may be a resource for irrigation of land in areas with low rainfall, but the effect of this water on soil properties needs to be established. A lysimeter study was conducted using intact soil cores (0.75 m diameter, 1.4 m deep) of four different soil types (Sodic Vertisol, Calcic Solonetz, Haplic Solonetz and Xanthic Lixisol) from southern Queensland, Australia, to study changes in soil physical and chemical properties under accelerated rates of irrigation with coal seam (CS) water (electrical conductivity (ECw) of 3 dS/m, pH of 8.8, and a sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) of 100). Cores were also alternately irrigated with deionised water to simulate rainfall, and either lucerne (Medicago sativa L) or Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana Kunth.) where grown in the lysimeters. The soil surface was treated with stoichiometric rates of elemental sulfur (1.4 t/ha) and gypsum (2.5 t/ha) prior to every 450 mm CS water irrigation to minimise changes in SAR and pH. Three of the soils (Vertisol, both Solonetz) had low leaching fractions (≤ 0.1 %) due to their clay texture and were initially saline in the subsoil (ECse 1.4–4.4 dS/m). Irrigation with CS water resulted in a gradual increase in salt content (EC) and SAR throughout the soil profile, but pH was not increased due to surface-applied elemental sulfur. The Lixisol had a higher hydraulic conductivity and leaching fraction (6.7 %) due to is loamy texture – in this soil, accumulated salts could be leached and no increase in salinity or pH were measured. Despite an increase in SAR for this loamy soil, no structural degradation was observed, and it could be sustainably irrigated with up to 3200 mm CS water (with cumulative irrigation volume of 5400 mm). Hence, leaching fractions rather than soil chemistry are good indicators to identify soils suitable for irrigation with CS water that is saline, alkaline, and sodic.

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  • Wehr, J. Bernhard & Dalzell, Scott A. & Macfarlane, David C. & Menzies, Neal W. & Kopittke, Peter M., 2024. "Irrigation of rangeland soils with coal seam water - A lysimeter study on soil physico-chemical properties," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 305(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:305:y:2024:i:c:s0378377424004712
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109135
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