WSP06476

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program - General Information and Publications-Reports
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 6/1/1978
• Title: Salinity Management Options for the Colorado River -- Part 1 of 2 -- Title Page - Page 168
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table 10. Summaf'/lof yield IoBSCI in the Imperial Valle'll due. to'tncreasinr1:salfllitll of irrigation water from the
0 Coloradl> River and irrigation method as compared with present water quaUt'll and best irrigation
l:::J practice - thousand tons.
N Total Dissolved Solids in irrigation Water, mgfl
-...1 Irrigations
..... Crop Per Year
lW- 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400
Alfalfa 16 130 180 244 327 371 481
158,000 Ac. 22 100 129 170 280 302 343
29 81 110 145 177 226 314
35 59 87 111 138 173 205
Sprinkler 43 76 104 137 168
Asparagus 16 0.20 0.44 0.72 1.12 1.48 2.56
4,000 Ac. ,22 0.20 0.44 0.6Q 0.96 1.28
29 0.08 0.32 0048 0.72 1.12
35 0.08 0.28 0.48 0.72
Sprinkler 0.24 0.44
Barley 16 0.4 1.2 3.8
49,000 Ac. 22 0.8 1.2
29
35
Sprinkler
C~ta1oupe 16 4.0 5.4 7.5 9.5 12.0 14.0
12,000 Ac. 22 2.8 4.0 4.9 6.1 7.9 10.0
29 2.1 3.3 4.4 5.4 6.5 8.4
35 1.4 2.3 3.3 4.2 5.2 6.1
Sprinkler 0.7 1.9 3.0 4.2 4.9
Carrot 16 3.4 5.1 7.9 11.0 15.2 18.2
4,000 Ac. 22 1.7 3.1 4.2 6.0 9.0 12.8
29 0.3 2.3 3.4 5.1 7.9 9.8
35 1.4 3.2 5.7 7.7
Sprinkler 0.9 2.3
Cotton 16 0.14 0.36 0.59 2.15
38,000 Ac. 27 0.07 0.42 0.42
29 0.15 0.36
35 0.15
Sprinkler 0.07
Lettuce 16 51.5 71.2 93.2 109.9 136.0 156.9
36,OOOAc. 22 29.5 46.5 61.6 79.0 100.6 124.4
29 24.3 38.7 53.7 65.5 89.2 107.2
35 17,8 25.6 34.6 46.4 65.5 83.9
Sprinkler 11.0 23.0 32.1 39.8 54.2
Onions 16 1.3 1.8 2.5 3.1 5.7 7.5
2,000 Ac. 22 0.7 1.4 1.8 2.7 3.6
29 0.3 0.9 1.4 2.3 3.1
35 0.3 1.2 2.1
Sprinkler 0.3
Sorghum 16 1.8 4.2 6.2 8.1 10.3 15.5
50,000 Ac. 22 0.8 1.7 3.5 5.7 7.7 9.3
29 0.5 1.2 3.2 4.3 6.4 8.1
35 0.2 0.5 1.2 2.4 4.3 6.2
Sprinkler 0.5 1.2 2.6 4.5
Sugar Beets 16 12 33 60 132
63,000 Ac. 22 6 27 45
29 12 33
35 12
Sprinkler 6
Tomatoes 16 0.92 1.15 1.58 1.99 2.80 3.88
2,000 Ac. 22 0.61 0.92 1.15 1.31 1.73 2.28
29 0.38 0.77 1.00 1.23 1.54 1.84
35 0.16 0.46 0.77 1.00 1.23 1.46
Sprinkler 0.31 0.69 0.92 1.15
Wheat 16 2.1 3.9 7.5 10.2 13.5 22.2
49,000 Ac. 22 0.4 2.1 3.9 6.2 10.7 12.1
29 1.3 3.0 4.9 7.6 10.2
35 1.7 3.0 4.9 7.1
Sprinkler 0.4 1.3 3.0 4.8
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