Growth of development in coastal areas is pushing the development of salt-tolerant turfgrasses. The need for salt tolerant turfgrasses is ever increasing. Rapid urban population growth has put enormous pressures on freshwater supplies, prompting manystate and local government restrictions on potable water use for irrigating turfgrass landscapes. This is especially true in western states, where current water use policies require the use of saline secondary water sources (such as effluent) for irrigation of golf courses and other large turfgrass landscapes. Also, in rapidly urbanizing coastal areas, over-pumping has resulted in salt water intrusion of wells used for irrigating turf facilities.
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