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peer-reviewed research article

Effects of increasing drainage in the San Joaquin Valley

authors

Blaine R. Hanson, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 38(10):40-41. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v038n10p40. October 1984.

author affiliations

Blaine R. Hanson is Irrigation and Drainage Specialist, Cooperative Extension, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Most soil salinity problems in the San Joaquin Valley are directly related to shallow saline water tables. Where no such water tables exist, soil salinity problems usually do not occur, because irrigation water used in the Valley is generally very low in salts.