MSU Water Quality Research Images
| Soil Behavior Upon Wetting with Saline-Sodic Water, Part 1 & Part 2 Kim Hershberger, M.S., 2003 |
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 Soil sampling pit |
 Soils drying in oven |
 Pressure plates setup in the lab |
 Close-up or pressure plate apparatus |
 Leaching with distilled water |
 Wetting soil samples |
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| The Role of Plants in the Phytoremediation of CBM Discharge Water | |||
| Shannon Phelps, M.S., 2003 | |||
 CBM treatment_water_barrel |
 Experimental columns - preplanting |
 Experimental columns - postplanting |
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| Dynamics of Product Water Chemistry & Defining Native Wetland Species' Salt
Tolerance and Water Use Rates Holly Sessoms, M.S., 2004 |
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Evaporation bucket 
Lysimeters
Lysimeters in greenhouse 
Evaporation pan
Float valve
 Closeup of columns |
 Preharvest biomass |
 Soil shrinkage following wetting |
 Wheatgrass and bulrush |
| Screening for Salt Tolerant Forage Species Allison Levy, Undergraduate Research Assistant |
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 Irrigating treatment rings |
 Forage |
 Harvesting treatment rings |
 Harvested treatment rings |
 Alfalfa |
 Weighing harvested biomass |
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Experimental Lined and Unlined CBM Product Water Holding Ponds |
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 Early pond construction |
 Float valve |
 Lined_pond_construction |
 Lined_holding_pond |
 Lined and unlined ponds |
 Unlined_holding_pond |
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| Barley Variety Trials Under Irrigation with CBM Water Dr. James W. Bauder, Soil and Water Quality Specialist |
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| 2003 | |||
 Irrigation system |
 Early season |
 Early_season |
 Early_season |
 CBM irrigated soil early in the growing season |
 CBM irrigated soil late in the growing season |
 Mid-season barley |
 late_season barley |
| 2004 | |||
 Soil receiving non-saline irrigation water |
 Soil receiving saline-sodic irrigation water |
 Barley receiving non-saline water |
 Barley receiving saline_sodic water |
 Closeup of barley receiving_non-saline water |
 Closeup of barley receiving saline-sodic water |
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Plant and Soil Response to Irrigation with Water Comparable to CBM Product Water from the Powder River Basin |
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 Experimental boxes |
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