Root Zone Salinity Management Using Fractional Skimming Wells With Pressurized Irrigation: Farmers' skimming well technologies: Practices, problems, perceptions and prospects

Download or read book Root Zone Salinity Management Using Fractional Skimming Wells With Pressurized Irrigation: Farmers' skimming well technologies: Practices, problems, perceptions and prospects written by Muhammad Mazhar Saeed and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the short water supply environment of Pakistan, farmers try to minimize the gap between demand and supply of canal water extracting groundwater for irrigation purposes. However, saline groundwater upconing may occur in response to fresh groundwater withdrawals from unconfined aquifer underlain by salty groundwater. Skimming well technology can help controlling this upconing phenomenon. However, in most cases, the small discharges of such wells cannot be efficiently applied on surface irrigated croplands. Pressurized irrigation application systems use small discharge effectively, but the cost and availability of equipment in the local market is a significant constraint. Root zone salinity is also expected to increase if this skimmed groundwater is used for irrigation purposes, particularly in the absence of proper salinity management practices. To address these issues, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), and Water Resource Research Institute (WRRI) of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Mona Reclamation Experimental Project (MREP) of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) are collaborating to undertake an applied research under the Project, Root Zone Salinity Management Using Fractional Skimming Wells with Pressurized Irrigation.