Colorado high plains irrigation practices guide: water saving options for irrigators in eastern Colorado Barta Rachel ; Broner, Israel ; Schneekloth Joel ; Wasksom, R. M. (Reagan McTier) Furrow irrigation -- Colorado Irrigation efficiency -- Colorado Water -- Research -- Colorado Irrigation -- Research -- Colorado "This report was financed in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute and Grant No. 01HQGR0077." "Special Report No. 14" "Spring 2004" 80 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-59) This report summarizes irrigation practices that offer potential water savings at the field or farm level, providing a summary of the documented water savings options for irrigators in Colorado. The report provides a significant amount of detail regarding what options are available for water conservation, how these options are used to conserve water, and expected water savings that can be achieved through various irrigation conservation practices. On a field or farm scale, there are a number of water conservation practices that may be employed to reduce the amount of water pumped or diverted. Due to the site specific nature of agricultural operations, no one set of practices is universally appropriate. Irrigators must evaluate their cropping system, management constraints and water supplies to determine the right mix of irrigation practices for their farm or ranch. Colorado State University. Libraries Colorado Water Resources Research Institute 2004 text ; image application/pdf CWRRICHP100001.pdf CCRICWRI100002SRPT eng Special report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 14 Colorado c2004 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
Colorado high plains irrigation practices guide: water saving options for irrigators in eastern Colorado
Barta Rachel ; Broner, Israel ; Schneekloth Joel ; Wasksom, R. M. (Reagan McTier)
Furrow irrigation -- Colorado
Irrigation efficiency -- Colorado
Water -- Research -- Colorado
Irrigation -- Research -- Colorado
"This report was financed in part by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, through the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute and Grant No. 01HQGR0077."
"Special Report No. 14"
"Spring 2004"
80 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-59)
This report summarizes irrigation practices that offer potential water savings at the field or farm level, providing a summary of the documented water savings options for irrigators in Colorado. The report provides a significant amount of detail regarding what options are available for water conservation, how these options are used to conserve water, and expected water savings that can be achieved through various irrigation conservation practices. On a field or farm scale, there are a number of water conservation practices that may be employed to reduce the amount of water pumped or diverted. Due to the site specific nature of agricultural operations, no one set of practices is universally appropriate. Irrigators must evaluate their cropping system, management constraints and water supplies to determine the right mix of irrigation practices for their farm or ranch.
Colorado State University. Libraries
Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
2004
text ; image
application/pdf
CWRRICHP100001.pdf
CCRICWRI100002SRPT
eng
Special report (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute) ; no. 14
Colorado
c2004 Colorado Water Resources Research Institute