Sushil*, Kiran Khokhar1, K.K. Bhardwaj1, Rajesh Kathwal2, Parveen3, Manoj Sharma1 and Ankush Kamboj1
1Department of Soil Science, ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
2Department of Agronomy, ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
3Collage of Agriculture, ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar
Email: chauhan.sushil1367@gmail.com
Received-06.03.2022, Revised-18.03.2022, Accepted-29.03.2022
Abstract: Nowadays, the water demand has increased considerably due to the increasing population, resulting in domestic sewage water. Due to the constraint in freshwater availability for irrigation, sewage water is being used for irrigation of agriculture fields. A survey was undertaken during 2019-20 and 2020-21 to study the physical properties of sewage water irrigated soils in different locations of Haryana, namely Karnal, Panipat and Hisar.Soil samples were collected at depths of 0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm from sewage and non-sewage irrigated fields. In this study,it was found that sewage water application improves the physical properties like bulk density, infiltration rate and field capacity of the soil compared to non-sewage water. All the physical properties except texture varied according to the composition of the sewage water and irrigation duration. The mean value of bulk density was reduced (1.35Mg m-3) in the soils irrigated with sewage water compared to non-sewage water(1.38Mg m-3). The mean value of infiltration rate under the study decreased(20.83mm h-1) with sewage water as compared to non-sewage water (23.60mm h-1). The available water content at field capacity of the soils irrigated with sewage water was found to be higher(18.49%)as compare to the soils irrigated with non-sewage water(17.51%). The overall result is that use of the sewage water improves the physical properties of the soil as compared to the application of non-sewage water.
Keywords: Available water content, Bulk density, Infiltration rate, Sewage water, Texture
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