Why Can't We Use Sea Water for Farming?

1. Why Can't We Use Sea Water for Farming? Sea water is very salty. Salt have high impact on altering the pH value of soil. When pH value is altered, plant can’t absorb the nutrients from soil and the nutrients will react with the salt and convert into non plant usage forms. There are some important reasons to it. Have a look at the following: 1. Adaptation Plants that are regularly accustomed to being irrigated by fresh water are not likely to survive the salt water concentration. This is because salt water is a hypertonic solution as compared to fresh water. The plant cells when irrigated by salt water will leave water from their cells into the surrounding water to maintain the osmotic balance to reduce salt concentration. This will cause the plants to eventually wilt away. 2. Accumulation If the land is continuously irrigated with salt water, eventually there will be a mass buildup of salts in the land causing the land to lose its fertility. The soil will become saline and will continue to be so till rain water or any other fresh water washes away the excess salt. Only limited plants can grow on saline soil, including mangroves and coconut and salt water weeds as they have gradually adapted to saline environment and this process takes a considerably long time.

2. 3. Inhibition Sodium present in the sea water can dis join clay particles. This means that sodium dissociates or pushes apart clay particles and this reduces the water holding capacity of soil. Sea water pumps are centrifugal pumps for seawater used for cooling purposes made of materials resistant to seawater. Sea water pumps are used to transfer or circulate sea water for various applications on board a marine vessel. The wide range of uses of a seawater service pump includes anything from ballast transfer to bilge pumping and firefighting to high washing. Sometimes, particularly on smaller vessels, the same marine water pump will be used for a range of general service requirements. pressure deck Quality pumping solutions will ensure efficient functioning over long term. Darling Pumps offers wide & established range of sea water pumps and solid handling pumps in India. Their pumps are manufactured using high quality components and advanced technology. If you have any questions or queries, feel free to contact us - Darling Pumps 36-F, Sector B, Sanwer Road Indore - 452015 Tel : +91 731 2720558, 2721782. Fax : +91 731 2721136. E-mail : dpplin@darlingpumps.in http://darlingpumps.in/