Balancing soil salinity starts with pore water EC
When you want to understand nutrient movement or salt buildup, pore water EC is the most accurate measurement to turn to. Using modern sensor technology, it’s now easier than ever to reliably measure this property, so you know whether soils are accumulating salts and if it’s time to flush them out.
Join our upcoming webinar, where product scientist and METER Director of Science Engagement Leo Rivera will discuss new methods for measuring pore water EC. Unlike bulk EC, this property does not fluctuate with water content or other variables, so measuring it provides the most accurate look at soil salinity. In this webinar, you’ll learn
- Why pore water EC is a consistently accurate method for measuring soil salinity
- Capabilities and limits of measuring both bulk EC and pore water EC
- The difference between CDX measurements of pore water EC and traditional methods
- The differences between soils and other growing media when it comes to EC
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Date: October 29, 2026
Time: 9 a.m. PDT
Presenter
Leo Rivera is a research scientist and Director of Science Engagement at METER Group. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Soil Science at Texas A&M University. There he helped develop an infiltration system for measuring hydraulic conductivity used by the NRCS in Texas. Leo is the force behind application development in METER’s hydrology instrumentation, including the SATURO, HYPROP, and WP4C. He also works in R&D to explore new instrumentation for field measurements of water content, water potential, and hydraulic properties of soil.
Next steps
- Learn more about CDX technology in Office Hours 22: CDX technology – METER Group
- Explore soil EC measurements in Soil electrical conductivity: The complete guide to measurements – METER Group
- Hear how EC, soil moisture, and other measurements are applied to maintain very demanding plants in Episode 48: Conducting cutting-edge methods in turfgrass research – METER Group
Questions?
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