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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Agriculture Irrigation"”.
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Evaluating and remediating metals and arsenic in surface waters of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana
… members as well as for livestock watering and agriculture irrigation. Zr-BPAP Silica Polyamine Composite, a selective arsenate adsorbent developed at the University of Montana, was used to treat the Crazy Head Spring in the laboratory. Zr-BPAP was used to extract arsenic using a breakthrough …
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Evaluating and remediating metals and arsenic in surface waters of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Montana
… members as well as for livestock watering and agriculture irrigation. Zr-BPAP Silica Polyamine Composite, a selective arsenate adsorbent developed at the University of Montana, was used to treat the Crazy Head Spring in the laboratory. Zr-BPAP was used to extract arsenic using a breakthrough …
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Consumptive Water Use: Refining State Water Supply Estimates with Discharge and Withdrawal Data
… watershed, county, and facility levels. The agriculture/irrigation, aquaculture, commercial, industrial, energy, and municipal sectors were considered for analysis. Facilities were matched between the two data sources by narrowing potential matches by distance and then by facility name using …
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Pairing Water Rights to Land Parcels -- Connecting the Prior Appropriations Doctrine and Croplands in the western US
Agricultural production in the western United States faces uncertainty with climate change leading to reduced crop yields from higher temperatures, lower precipitation rates, and shifting the growing seasons. This impacts farmers and their livelihood but more broadly, the United States's food …
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An Assessment of the Greatest Impacts on Distribution Uniformity for Drip and Micro Irrigation
<p>Using the Cal Poly Irrigation Training and Research Centers (ITRC) drip/micro evaluation program, global, or system, DU<sub>lq</sub> is computed by combining the component DU<sub>lq</sub> values of: pressure variation, uneven spacing between emitters, unequal drainage and “other” causes. “Other” …
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Envisioning the Farms of the Future: In Pursuit of Sustainable Agriculture in the Rio Grande valley
… the parameters that characterize sustainable agriculture on the level of an individual farm in the context of the central Rio Grande valley. Using historical sources about New Mexican agriculture, contemporary scientific literature and interviews with practicing farmers in the region, it …
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Effect of Evapotranspiration Rate on Almond Yield in California
<p>Since 2011, California has been under drought conditions. These conditions have not only affected water availability for farmers, but also production. California’s second most valuable crop, almonds, has been affected by drought conditions. This study used three models (Model 1-3) to describe …
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Hydraulic Effects of Perpendicular Water Approach Velocity on Meter Gate Flow Measurement
… in an outdoor laboratory setting at the Irrigation Training and Research Center’s (ITRC) Water Resources Facility at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California under a variety of flow conditions as experienced in the field in order to: 1) evaluate the …
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Essays in water resource economics
… quality. The first two chapters analyze farmers' irrigation behavior both empirically and theoretically. Finally, the third chapter looks at how effective regulations are in changing firms' water polluting behavior. In chapter 1, I analyze how climate variability influences farmers' irrigation …