Designed to protect both surface and groundwater, this manual presents a brief review of the six overall management objectives for irrigated agriculture in Washington State. These are: 1) Minimize water losses, 2) Improve irrigation system perfomance, 3) Minimize excess fertilizer, 4) Minimize excess chemicals, 5) Reduce contamination of surface water by sedimentation, and 6) Prevent direct aquifer contamination by wells. This bulletin discusses irrigation scheduling and performance. Contact agencies and diagrams are included. 14 pages.
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Title
A Ready Reference for Irrigation Manual of Practice
Creators
Ronald E. (Ronald Eldon) Hermanson (Author)
Peter Canessa (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB1810
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900501744601842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess