The use of drains and basins to manage salinity at Morawa

Technical Report
Salinity and land use impacts series report SLUI 48 - Investigation of deep open drains and local-scale evaporation basin for lowering the watertable at Morawa.
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This report evaluates the effectiveness of a deep open drain on lowering the watertable, and the usefulness of a local-scale evaporation basin to dispose of the discharge from the drainage scheme.

The site of the study was located near the north-eastern wheatbelt town of Morawa.

This project was completed under the Engineering Evaluation Initiative that evaluated various engineering solutions for salinity without damaging the environment.