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Utah State University

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1999

USU Extension

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Energy Conservation With Irrigation Water Management, Robert Hill May 1999

Energy Conservation With Irrigation Water Management, Robert Hill

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Irrigators in Utah experienced rapidly increasing energy costs from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. These costs remain relatively high. Those who are pumping from deep wells are particularly interested in ways to cut back on energy use without doing away with profitability or production


How Good Is Your Water Measurement?, Robert Hill May 1999

How Good Is Your Water Measurement?, Robert Hill

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Accurate water measurement is essential to maintaining equity of water delivery within an irrigation company or water districts. Good management of our scarce water resource is dependent upon quantifying supplies and uses with accurate measurement techniques. State water rights adjudication and management procedures often require installation of water measurement devices and keeping records of flows.