Author: Frank J. VeihmeyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evapotranspiration
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Consumptive Use of Water in Irrigation and Some Related Matters
Author: Frank J. VeihmeyerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evapotranspiration
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Determining Consumptive Use and Irrigation Water Requirements
Author: Harry French BlaneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Evaporation (Meteorology)
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Consumptive Use of Water & Irrigation
Author: American Society of Civil Engineers. Irrigation and drainage division, Technical Committee on Irrigation water requirementsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Agricultural Water Management
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309179254
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This report contains a collection of papers from a workshopâ€"Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunisia. Participants, including scientists, decision makers, representatives of non-profit organizations, and a farmer, came from the United States and several countries in North Africa and the Middle East. The papers examined constraints to agricultural production as it relates to water scarcity; focusing on 1) the state of the science regarding water management for agricultural purposes in the Middle East and North Africa 2) how science can be applied to better manage existing water supplies to optimize the domestic production of food and fiber. The cross-cutting themes of the workshop were the elements or principles of science-based decision making, the role of the scientific community in ensuring that science is an integral part of the decision making process, and ways to improve communications between scientists and decision makers.
A New Era for Irrigation
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309053315
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Irrigated agriculture has played a critical role in the economic and social development of the United Statesâ€"but it is also at the root of increasing controversy. How can irrigation best make the transition into an era of increasing water scarcity? In A New Era for Irrigation, experts draw important conclusions about whether irrigation can continue to be the nation's most significant water user, what role the federal government should play, and what the irrigation industry must do to adapt to the conditions of the future. A New Era for Irrigation provides data, examples, and insightful commentary on issues such as: Growing competition for water resources. Developments in technology and science. The role of federal subsidies for crops and water. Uncertainties related to American Indian water rights issues. Concern about environmental problems. And more. The committee identifies broad forces of change and reports on how public and private institutions, scientists and technology experts, and individual irrigators have responded. The report includes detailed case studies from the Great Plains, the Pacific Northwest, California, and Florida, in both the agricultural and turfgrass sectors. The cultural transformation brought about by irrigation may be as profound as the transformation of the landscape. The committee examines major facets of this cultural perspective and explores its place in the future. A New Era for Irrigation explains how irrigation emerged in the nineteenth century, how it met the nation's goals in the twentieth century, and what role it might play in the twenty-first century. It will be important to growers, policymakers, regulators, environmentalists, water and soil scientists, water rights claimants, and interested individuals.
Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309040361
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
When waterfowl began to die from selenium poisoning at Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in California's San Joaquin Valley, considerable alarm arose among environmental and agricultural specialists. This new volume suggests that Kesterson is not a unique problem and the events there offer important lessons for the future. Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems uses the San Joaquin experience to suggest how we can prepare for similar problems elsewhere. As one committee member put it, "There will be elsewheres"â€"trace elements and organic contaminants are being concentrated by irrigation in many river basins. This book addresses how the Kesterson crisis developed, how irrigation can endanger water quality, and how economic, legal, and other factors impede our ability to respond to water quality problems. The committee explores how to study these problems, unraveling complex issues and clarifying the varying perspectives of farmers, environmentalists, scientists, and other key figures. This dispassionate analysis of a controversial topic will be useful to policymakers, resource managers, and agricultural specialists and farmers, as well as specialists in hydrology, water quality, irrigation, law, and environmental quality. It will also be useful as a case study in the environmental policy classroom.
The Consumptive Use of Water by Crops (preliminary)
Author: Charles R. HedkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A Review of Scientific Information on Issues Related to the Use and Management of Water Resources in the Pacific Northwest
Author: Death Valley National Monument (Furnance Creek Area - Water Rights and Related Matters).
Author: United States. Congress. House. Government OperationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Determining Consumptive Use and Irrigation Water Requirements
Author: United States. Agricultural Research ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 59
Book Description