Environmental Improvement of Saline and Alkali Soils in the Kamyshlovskaya Valley and Revival of Natural Grassland Efficiency

Abstract

Agricultural use of saline soils is possible only through implementing reclamation measures on their desalinization. The removal of salt from soils is a cost-demanding and time-consuming process. Expenses related to the treatment of saline soils are connected with a desalinization method and include costs of water supply to a saline area and its drainage. A reasonable project cost, as well as efficient water consumption depends on the use of natural environment conditions. The reported paper presents the assessment of water recourses in the drainage area of the valley valley, it is focused on the restoration of water bodies in the Kamyshlovsky log, stabilization of their balance, and environmental improvement; the study suggests economic perspectives of saline and alkali soils. The latter is essential to revive the efficiency of natural grasslands in the valley and its use as a disposal of production and household waste water from surrounding rural settlements.

The influence of the level of Lake Tenis on the flooding and underflooding of agricultural land in the adjacent territory

“…The catchment area from the southeast (Tyukalinsky district) includes Lake Koshara with the mouth part of the Tyukalka River (to the village of Laptevo), which form a swampy area around it, overgrown with reeds and reeds. The smooth Kosharin ledge (0.2-0.5 m) is followed by waterlogged and dry meadows, intensively used as hayfields and pastures [5].…”