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What causes a water source to be saline or sodic?

April 26, 2017causes saline sodic source water

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What causes a water source to be saline or sodic?

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Water can naturally become saline or sodic by coming into contact with soil or geologic material that is high in salts. Upon contact, salts dissolve into the water, raising the EC and/or the SAR of the water. Water can also become saline when evaporation concentrates naturally occurring salts.