What to do with the salt sediment deposit?
Two options can be considered: immediate removal of the deposit or integration into the existing soil profile with salt removal. For agricultural fields only the latter is practically acceptable. Removal of the deposit requires technical and financial means which makes it out of reach for most farmers. Removing a layer of 10 cm of deposit would be the equivalent to removing about 1000 m3 of deposit per hectare, i.e. about 1500 tons. This would have to be removed to a nearby site. Even if it was possible all of this would have to be done with the help of costly scrapers, trucks, etc. A more viable option is: 1) Integration in the soil profile of finer elements as after ensuring removal of coarser elements (rocks, debris, trash,…) 2) Leaching out salts from the profile through regular watering by rainfall and/or irrigation to get rid of salt. Obviously, the deposit is likely to modify the texture and structure of existing soils. That might create difficulties in the next cropping seaso
