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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SODIUM MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM IN UNDER-GROUND IRRIGATION WATER OF A BRACKISH WATER TRACT

Volume : 70
Issue: Sep-sep
Pages: 584 - 589
Published: September 28, 2023
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Abstract


A survey of underground irrigation water of a brackish water affected tract i Agra district of Uttar Pradesh revealed Na+-Mg++-Ca++ type waters. An increase in salinity of water was associated with increase in the concentration of the ions, however relative increase of magnesium was more than sodium and calcium. About 5 per cent of water samples were dominated with magnesium over sadium, Out of the remaining watere dominated with sodium, a large number (30 per cent) showed Na/Mg ratio between 2-3 Only 2 per cent water samples were dominated by calcium over sodium and from rem- aining sodium do ninated waters 26 per cent contained 6-10 times sodium as compared to calcium. About 94 per cent samples were dominated by magnesium ove calcium and 1/3rd of these samples analysed 2-3 times more magnesium than catcium, Hence the ratio between Na/Mg and Mg/Ca were approximately of the same order.

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584 - 589
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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