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Currently, availability of good-quality water is falling short of the crop requirement, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan. A field experiment was conducted on dense saline-sodic soils at Tehsil Toba Tek Singh at three sites. The initial EC(e) SAR and pH(s) of the soils ranged from 9.86 to 25.30 dS m(-1) 17.1 to 46.7 and 7.57 to 7.98, respectively at 0-15 cm depth. The treatments were: T(1)=Tube well water (TW) alone, T(2)=TW Canal water (CW), T3=TW CW + one auger hole per 30 m(2) refilled with gypsum and rice husk, T(4)=TW-CW + one auger hole per 60 m2 refilled with gypsum and rice husk. Overall T(3) was best in decreasing EC(e), SAR and pH(s) at all three sites. Maximum decrease (%) in EC(e), SAR and pH(s) was 70.23 (T(3)) at site 1, 69.67 (T(4)) at site 2, and 4.64 (T(1)) at site 1, respectively at 0-15 cm depth. Maximum wheat grain yield (4180, 3805 and 4259 kg ha(-1) at sites 1, 2 and 3, respectively) were recorded with T(3). Maximum benefit cost ratio was 3.47, 3.38 and 2.95 with TW CW + one auger hole per 30 m(2) refilled with gypsum and rice husk (1:1 ratio by volume) at sites 3, 1 and 2, respectively.