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ALKALI WATER FOR IRRIGATION 



Table XXII. Analyses op Some Characteristic Alkaline 

 River and Lake Waters of Western United States 



(July) Salt River, Ariz 



(Oct.) Gila River, Ariz 



(Oct.) Colorado River, Ariz... . 

 (June) Colorado River, Ariz. . . 

 (Low water) Pima Ditch, Ariz... 



Buckeye Canal, Ariz 



1880, Lake Tulare, Cal 



1889, Lake Tulare, Cal 



1 89 1, Lake Elsinore, Cal 



Salinas River at San Lorenzo 



Creek, Cal 



Estrella River, Cal 



San Benito River, Cal 



Cache la Poudre, 2 mi. above 



Greeley, Col 



Platte River below Cache la 



Poudre, Colo 



Arkansas at Rocky Ford, Colo. . 

 Mill Creek (cold spring), Mont. 



Walker Lake, Nev 



Pecos River, N. M 



Arkansas River, Salt Fork, Okla. 

 Cimarron, north of Ringfisher . . 



Brazo River, Texas 



Rio Grande River, Texas 



Jordan River, Utah 



Utah Lake, Utah 



Sevier River at Delta, Utah. . . 



Beaver River, Utah 



Malad River, Utah 



Salt Creek, Utah 



Percentage of Salts 



CI 



so 4 



Co., 



Na 



59-4 

 36.5 

 17.4 



17-5 



39-9 



17.4 

 20.3 



n. 7 

 154 

 13-8 



2-5 



3-8 

 4.9 



74 

 23-8 

 22.6 



Si-3 

 53-5 

 30.9 

 21.6 



35-5 

 26.9 

 25.0 

 23-8 

 50.0 

 46.2 



9.2 

 14.6 

 35-6 

 12.5 



7-3 

 16.9 



20.8 



48.6 



3-9 



29.0 



60.0 



55-3 



60.7 



17-3 



21.3 



43-7 



8.6 



6.2 



25-5 

 30.1 

 26.5 

 30.1 



24.1 



25-4 

 2.9 

 3-6 



i3-i 

 12.8 



12.2 

 28.6 



9.6 



26.5 

 19-5 



7-9 

 22.3 



38-3 

 7-3 



40.7 

 27.2 

 18.2 

 i3-i 



24.9 



33-5 

 35-8 



1.1 



i-5 

 2.1 



i-5 



.6 

 1.8 

 2.4 



16.7 1.0 

 17.9 



i3-i 54 



9.8 



12.0 

 14-5 

 23-5 

 34-6 

 14.0 



36.7 

 38 

 20.8 

 14.8 

 26.1 

 18.3 

 16.4 



25-5 

 374 

 28.9 



3 



4 



3 



1.4 



trace 



7 

 .8 



i^8 



1.8 



Ca 



Mg 



Sid 



6-5 

 94 



12.4 



154 



6.6 



i-5 



3 



4-5 

 6-3 

 6.6 



12.3 



13.2 



12.8 



10. 1 



1.1 



134 



1.6 



.2 



11. 1 



13-7 

 7.6 



5-3 

 5-3 

 2.8 



3-3 



3-3 



2-5 



2.8 

 5-i 



2.9 



1.8 



3 



4.9 

 4-3 



7-7 



6.6 



4-7 

 3-8 

 2.2 

 1.6 



3-6 

 .6 



.T 



i-7 

 3- 

 i-5 

 6.9 



6-5 

 1.9 



1.6 



3-5 

 5-i 



2. 2 



5-3 

 (a) 

 2.7 



5 

 .6 



[(b) 



.6 

 2.8 

 2.6 



4 



7 

 3 



2.0 

 3-8 



2. 2 



Total 

 Solids 



P. P.M. 



1,391 

 1, 085 

 1,045 

 321 

 I,2IO 

 1,972 

 1,360 

 4,910 

 1444 



3,689 



1,131 



936 



1,571 



I,OII 

 2,134 



3,747 

 2,476 



2,384 



5,962 



n,392 



1^36 



791 



892 



i,254 



1,316 



990 



4,395 

 2,180 



(a) 47-9% NaCl. 



(b) 16.1% Na 2 C0 3 , 69.0% NaCl, Na 2 S0 4 , etc., 7.1% CaC0 3 , MgC0 3 

 and silica. 



No analyses of well waters used for irrigation are pre- 

 sented because well waters have been found to vary so 

 greatly even in short distances that each well must be 

 tested separately. There are certain large artesian basins 



