Shortage of potable water made saline, brackish, impaired and reclaimed water an increasingly common and necessary resource for irrigating golf courses.
In this TurfNet Webinar, Marco Schiavon, Ph.D., of the University of Florida will discuss how creased levels of salts are commonly found in water and can be toxic to plants and detrimental to soil structure. Managing salinity and related stress on putting greens and fairways is a significant issue. Because water characteristics can affect soil and plant status, it is important to check water quality periodically. However, water analysis reports are often confusing and cumbersome to read, focused primarily on monitoring sodium (Na) contents and little else.
Despite what the main problem (e.g. salinity, Na hazard or bicarbonates) may be when the use of non-potable water sources is implemented for turfgrass irrigation, golf industry first response is the use of Ca-based amendments, with significant part of a course budget being spent on Ca-based products that may be useless and bring little to no benefits to turf and soil. This seminar will review several important water quality properties that need to be assessed when water samples are sent for analysis. 
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