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Pore size distribution in soils irrigated with sodic water and wastewater

Roberta Alessandra Bruschi Gonçalves, Thomas Vincent Gloaguen, Marcos Vinicius Folegatti, Paulo Leonel Libardi, Yves Lucas, Célia Regina Montes

01/Jun/2010

Soil porosity, especially pore size distribution, is an important controlling factor for soil infiltration, hydraulic conductivity, and water retention. This study aimed to verify the effect of secondary-treated domestic wastewater (STW) on the porosity of a sandy loam Oxisol in the city of Lins, state of São Paulo, Brazil. The two-year experiment was divided into three plots: soil cultivated with corn and sunflower and irrigated with STW, soil cultivated and irrigated with sodic groundwater, and non-irrigated and non-cultivated soil (control). […]