Determine the relation of saturated hydraulic conductivity and effective porosity under shallow saline water table management

One way to deal with the water crisis is the use of unconventional waters (such as subsurface waters) with a good crop management. The use of these waters may affect the saturated hydraulic conductivity. But the direct measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity requires spending a lot of time and cost. A lysimeter experiment was conducted in order to investigate the effect of water table salinity and depth management on saturated hydraulic conductivity and effective porosity and to determine the relation between them. The statistical design was a split-split plot arrangement of a randomized complete block design with three replicates in each treatment. Treatments included 3 levels of groundwater salinity (main plot; S1=