In agricultural practices, water is an important input for the growth of plants. This input is the basis for planning an intensive system of agricultural exploitation with sustainable characteristics (Castellanos et al., 2002). Though in temperate and tropical areas, plant growth is reinforced by soil water which is continuously replenished with natural rainfall yet in arid and semi-arid climates, irrigation is desired to maintain soil water at an optimum level to get higher yield. But the quality of water whether surface or ground water varies with lithology, environment, concentration of salts in rocks etc. Moreover, irrespective of its source water contains soluble salts and impurities, which might render it ideal for domestic purposes but not for agricultural practices.
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