Author: Walter Wallace WeirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Pumping for Drainage in the San Joaquin Valley, California
Author: Walter Wallace WeirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage in Agriculture
Author: Ariel DinarPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461540283
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Jan van Schilfgaarde, USDA Agricultural Research Service and National Research Council Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems In 1982, a startling discovery was made. Many waterbirds in Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge were dying or suffering reproductive failure. Located in the San Joaquin Valley (Valley) of California, the Kesterson Reservoir (Kesterson) was used to store agricultural drainage water and it was soon determined that the probable cause of the damage to wildlife was high concen trations of selenium, derived from the water and water organisms in the reservoir. This discovery drastically changed numerous aspects of water management in California, and especially affected irrigated agriculture. In fact, the repercussions spilled over to much of the Western United States. For a century, water development for irrigation has been a religiously pursued means for economic development of the West. The primary objective of the Reclamation Act of 1902 was, purportedly, the development ofirrigation water to support family farms which, in turn, would enhance the regional economy (Worster, 1985).
The Stovepipe Or California Method of Well Drilling as Practiced in Arizona
Author: Harold Christy SchwalenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boring
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Diagnosis and Improvement of Saline and Alkali Soils
Author: Regional Salinity Laboratory (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alkali lands
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Technical Note
Author: Bulletin
Author: Journal of Agricultural Research
Author: Farm Drainage in the United States
Author: George A. PavelisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Diagnosis and Improvement of Saline and Alkali Soils
Author: L. E. AllisonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alkali lands
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Propagation of the Date Palm
Author: Clifford N. CatlinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description