Table 4.
Spatiotemporal variations of irrigation water quality in the Woybo irrigation scheme.
| Upstream | Downstream | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Unit | November | July | November | July | CV (%) |
| pH | Unitless | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 3.6 |
| ECw | dS m−1 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.185 | 0.174 | 3.7 |
| Ca2+ | mg l−1 | 6 | 5 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 11 |
| Mg2+ | mg l−1 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| K+ | mg l−1 | 7 | 6 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.8 |
| Na+ | mg l−1 | 22.3 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 4.1 |
| Upstream | Downstream | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Unit | November | July | November | July | CV (%) |
| SAR | Unitless | 10.5 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 4.2 |
| SO42− | mg l−1 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.0023 | 0.003 | 19.6 |
| NO3− | mg l−1 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 6 | 20.1 |
| PO43− | mg l−1 | 0.0025 | 0.0032 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 19.6 |
| Fe2+,3+ | mg l−1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.23 | 10.7 |
| Mn | mg l−1 | 0.001 | 0.0015 | 0.0017 | 0.0018 | 23.7 |
| B | mg l−1 | 0.0013 | 0.0015 | 0.0018 | 0.002 | 18.8 |
| Cu | mg l−1 | 0.0012 | 0.0014 | 0.0015 | 0.002 | 22.3 |
where CV is the coefficient of variations, and SAR is the sodium adsorption ratio.