Regional planning for the sitting of local evaporation basins for the disposal of saline irrigation drainage: Development and testing of a GIS-based suitability approach

摘要

In order to prevent salinisation of the stream of the Riverine Plain of the Murray-Darling in southern Australia, evaporation basins are used to dispose of saline irrigation drainage water. Local on-farm (individual landholder)and community(shared between multiple landholder)basins are increasingly being used to prevent export of salt outside irrigation districts. There are questions regarding the availability of land suitable for basins and their impact on the environmentally safe use of these basins.