NWISRL PublicationsWater Soluble NO3-Nitrogen, PO4-Phosphorus, and Total Salt Balanced on a Large Irrigation TractD.L.CarterauthorJ.A.BondurantauthorC.W.RobbinsauthorReturn flow from a 82,030-ha (202,700-acre) tract of calcareous silt loam soils irrigated with water diverted from the Snake River in southern Idaho increased the downstream total soluble salt and NO?-N loads, but decreased the downstream PO?-P load. Under the existing water management practice, 50% of the total input water returned to the Snake River as subsurface drainage. Net total soluble salt output was 2.4 metric tons/ha (1.0 English ton/acre) and, on the average, was considerably greater than necessary to maintain a salt balance. Net NO?-N output was 33 kg/ha (30 lb/acre). Only about 30% as much PO?-P left the tract via drainage water as entered the tract in irrigation water. As water passed through the soil, PO?-P was removed by chemical reactions in the soil, thus decreasing the concentration in the subsurface drainage water and decreasing the downstream PO?-P load. Applied P fertilizer was not leached into the drainage water.Mass Import - unclassified1971Article

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