Irrigation

Irrigation and Water Footprint

The potential impact of increased flooding and droughts on agriculture and the food processing industry highlight the importance of having access to high quality water. This section includes resources that focus on reducing the water requirements of agriculture and food processing. In agriculture, such techniques include drip irrigation to minimize water losses due to evaporation and runoff, sustainable farming practices that reduce ground water requirements, and the use of sensors to maximize irrigation schedules. And, this section includes best practices for reducing water use and inefficiencies in the food industry.

Resources CESC

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Assessing the Feasibility of Using Produced Water for Irrigation in Colorado

This research explores which counties in Colorado may be best suited to reusing produced water for agriculture based on a…

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Science of the Total Environment

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1 November 2018

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PV Water Pumping for Carbon Sequestration in Dry Land Agriculture

This paper is inspired by theory related to the water-food-energy-climate nexus and suggests a novel model, suited for analyzing carbon…

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Energy Procedia

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Reusing Oil and Gas Produced Water for Irrigation of Food Crops in Drylands

Water scarcity affects drylands, threatening their food security, while the oil and gas industry produces significant and increasing volumes of…

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Agricultural Water Management

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30 July 2018

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Millennium Villages Project-Mali

This paper discusses the Columbia Water Center’s (in conjunction with the Millennium Villages Project in Mali), the developed and tested…

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Columbia Water Center

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Hydropower Versus Irrigation: An Analysis of Global Patterns

While reservoir operations for hydroelectricity production might support irrigation, there are also well-known cases where hydroelectricity production reduces water availability…

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

28 February 2017

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades

Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated country like India is a major challenge. It requires…

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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

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26 June 2017

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Water-Food-Energy Nexus with Changing Agricultural Scenarios in India During Recent Decades

Meeting the growing water and food demands in a densely populated country like India is a major challenge. It requires…

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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Date:

26 June 2017

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Climate Cange Vulnerability in the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus: Concerns for Agricultural Production in Arizona and its Urban Export Supply

A dynamic simulation model of the food-energy-water nexus in Arizona to assess the potential impacts of increasing temperatures and disruptions…

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

28 February 2017

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A Worldwide Comparison of Water Use Efficiency of Crop Production

This report is a summary and decomposition of water use efficiency of crop production variations in 87 countries from 1990…

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Applied Mechanics and Materials

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A Fast Track Approach to Deal with the Temporal Dimension of Crop Water Footprint

This article demonstrates the feasibility of the Fast Track (FT) approach to deal with the temporal dimension of crop water…

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Environmental Research Letters

Date:

4 July 2017

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The Food-Energy-Water Nexus

This is an overview of the food-energy-water nexus from Dr. Noureddin Driouech (UC Berkeley). Understanding the complex relationship between water,…

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University of California Berkeley

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Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Pinios River Basin Using Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling

The Pinios river basin is a major agricultural area in Greece, which faces environmental issues with water scarcity and nutrient…

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Procedia Engineering