Table 10.
Physical–chemical characterization of the water sources used in the experiment.
| Water Sources | Parameters | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | EC | K+ | Na+ | Mg2+ | Ca2+ | Cl− | CO32− | HCO3− | SAR | |
| dS m−1 | -----------------------------mmolc L−1------------------------------- | |||||||||
| 1 | 7.57 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 3.74 | 1.20 | 0.83 | 2.40 | 0.60 | 3.20 | 2.62 |
| 2 | 7.10 | 9.50 | 0.83 | 54.13 | 24.20 | 37.80 | 116.00 | 0.00 | 3.40 | 9.70 |
Water source 1—local-supply water; water source 2—reject brine; pH (H2O)—hydrogen potential in water; EC—electrical conductivity; K+—potassium; Na+—sodium; Mg2+—magnesium; Ca2+—calcium; Cl−—chlorine; CO32−—carbonate; HCO3−—bicarbonate; SAR—sodium adsorption ratio, (mmolc L−1) −0.5.