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Practical ways to improve water quality
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Salinas/Castroville area ditches, creeks and sloughsAverage of 2005-07 monthly sampling of 11 sites
W t lit M t E d 2005 2007Water quality parameter
Measurement unit
Exceedance threshold
2005-2007 monthly average
NO3-N PPM > 10 25PO4-P PPM > 0.5 0.63Algae % survival > 110 228
Turbidity NTU > 50 587Water toxicity % survival < 80 27ySediment toxicity % survival < 80 24
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Source of nutrients ?Source of nutrients ?FertilizerWell water
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What soluble nutrient load does vegetable field runoff carry ?
In 13 Salinas Valley trials …
PPMNO3-N PO4-PNO3-N PO4-P
Low 1 0.1High 48 2 1High 48 2.1Mean 12 0.7
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How about drain tile effluent ?How about drain tile effluent ?
2002-04 drain tile sampling in the Salinas Valley
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Why is drain tile effluent so high in NO3-N?all NO3-N is in the soil solution
Relationship of soil NO3-N to soil solution NO3-N :
Soil NO3-N NO3-N in soil solution (PPM)(PPM) Sandy loam Clay( ) y y
10 50 30
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In 13 Salinas Valley field trials runoff turbidity rangedfrom 200 - 4,600 NTU
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Bottom line :Any water escaping from a vegetable field is likely to exceed
t lit t d d f ll t twater quality standards for one or more pollutants
What can be done ?Treat the water to remove pollutantsReduce the application of materials that can move in waterReduce the volume of water that leaves the field
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Water treatment :
Consistently reduce sediment lossMinimally effective for soluble nutrientsMay conflict with microbial food safety practices
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Water treatment :
PAMPAM
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Water treatment :
PAM
Highly effective for sediment removalRelatively inexpensive, can be automatedInconsistently effective at reducing soluble nutrients
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Most practical solution is to limitthe volume of runoff or leachate …
… and drip irrigation is the ideal tool
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Crop water use can be predicted by canopy size and ETo :
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Irrigation requirementIrrigation requirement can be predicted by canopy size and ETo :
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Drip irrigation management varies greatly among growers :
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Drip-irrigated lettuce fields in the Salinas Valley
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Consequences of excessive irrigation :
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Assume early summer conditions northern Salinas Valley locationAssume early summer conditions, northern Salinas Valley location,sandy loam soil :
If field 5 applied 5 inches of water with drip, h fi ld 14 li d 10 i hthen field 14 applied 10 inches
If soil is 10 PPM NO3-N, field 14 lost > 50 lb N/acre in leaching !
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Long irrigation intervals ruin drip irrigation efficiency :
In drip-irrigated celery fields …
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Long irrigation intervals lead toheavy individual applications :heavy individual applications :
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Above this maximum range the leaching fraction becomes significant !
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What constitutes efficient fertigation ?
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2007 lettuce fertigation trials :
FieldFieldFieldLettuce Lettuce Lettuce
typetypetypeSoil NOSoil NOSoil NO333---N at startN at startN at startof fertigation (PPM)of fertigation (PPM)of fertigation (PPM)g ( )g ( )g ( )
111 headheadhead 202020222 headheadhead 272727333 romaineromaineromaine 212121
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2007 lettuce fertigation trials :
Reference evapotranspiration Drip irrigation Field (ETo , inches) applied (inches)
1 6.2 4.92 6 5 4 72 6.5 4.73 2.4 2.8
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Results :
lb N / acreMean
plant wtCrop N uptake
Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)1 Grower 169 127 2.29 98
Reduced N 92 50 2.31 91
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Results :
lb N / acreMean
plant wtCrop N uptake
Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)1 Grower 169 127 2.29 98
Reduced N 92 50 2.31 91
2 Grower 171 153 2.16 103Reduced N 64 46 2 27 101Reduced N 64 46 2.27 101
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Results :
lb N / acreMean
plant wtCrop N uptake
Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)Field Treatment total fertigated (lb) (lb / acre)1 Grower 169 127 2.29 98
Reduced N 92 50 2.31 91
2 Grower 171 153 2.16 103Reduced N 64 46 2 27 101Reduced N 64 46 2.27 101
3 Grower 115 67 1.92 102Reduced N 67 19 1.81 87
Conclusion :given careful irrigation, a modest level of N fertigation is sufficient
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What will efficient fertilization do to water quality ?Reduced N application limits potential N lossReduced N application limits potential N loss
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What will efficient irrigation do to water quality ?N concentration of runoff or leachate might increase but
concentration x volume = load
N concentration of runoff or leachate might increase, butenvironmental load will decrease substantially
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What will efficient irrigation do to water quality ?N concentration of runoff or leachate might increase but
concentration x volume = load
N concentration of runoff or leachate might increase, butenvironmental load will decrease substantially
Example : lettuce field 14 – 230% of ET appliedExample : lettuce field 14 230% of ETo applied50 PPM soil solution NO3-N in 5 inches of leaching = 57 lb N/acre
Example 2: lettuce field 5 – 110% of ETo applied100 PPM soil solution NO3-N in 0.5 inches of water loss = 11 lb N/acre3
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Putting it together:Minimize and/or treat sprinkler irrigation during crop establishmentDrip irrigate based on ET, with irrigation frequent enough to be efficient Fertigate modestl timing N application to meet crop ptakeFertigate modestly, timing N application to meet crop uptake
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What about winter ?Leave as little NO3-N in the profile as possible after fall cropLeave as little NO3 N in the profile as possible after fall cropEmploy winter cover where practical