Water Quality Excessive Salinity in Groundwater

Arizona Planning Guide for Natural Resource Concerns Water Quality – Excessive Salinity in Groundwater

Conservation Practices that may be needed as part of a Conservation Management System to achieve Quality Criteria for this resource concern include those listed here.

328 Conservation Crop Rotation 330 Contour Farming 331 Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area 340 Cover & Green Manure Crop 342 Critical Area Planting 393 Filter Strip 395 Fish Stream Improvement Resource Concern Definition – Pollution 399 Fishpond Management from salts such as Ca, Mg, Na, K, HCO3, 464 Irrigation Land Leveling CO3, Cl, and SO4 degrades groundwater 449 Irrigation Water Management quality. 455 Land Reclam., Toxic Discharge control Quality Criteria - Land use and 484 Mulching management do not contribute to, or 512 Pasture & Hayland Planting increase the risk for excessive salinity in 532 Pumped Well drain groundwater. Soil salt leaching necessary 533 Pumping Plant for Water Control for crop production is done only to the extent 550 Range Planting necessary to maintain crop production, and 562 Recreation Area Improvement does not cause excessive salinity in 344 Residue Management, Seasonal groundwater. State water quality standards 391 Riparian Forest Buffer are met. 558 Roof Runoff Management 570 Runoff Management System Method for evaluating resource condition 350 Sediment Basin 571 Soil Salinity Management-  Visual Assessment Nonirrigated  ADEQ Reports 588 Stubble Mulching  Vardose zone and groundwater 606 Subsurface Drain sampling (total dissolved solids 610 Toxic Salt Reduction (TDS) or electrical conductivity) and 612 Tree/Shrub Establishment assay. 472 Use Exclusion  National Engineering Handbook, 312 Waste Management System Part 652, Irrigation Guide 313 Waste Storage Facility  Soil Salinity sampling and assay 359 Waste Treatment Lagoon 633 Waste Utilization 641 Water Table Control 642 Well 657 Wetland Development or Restoration

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Page 1 Arizona Field Office Technical Guide, Section III August, 2003