ABOUT THE AG WATER CONSERVATION CLEARINGHOUSE
Project
The Northern Plains and Mountains Regional Water Program has undertaken a project funded through National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) National Integrated Water Quality Program to research, compile, and assemble, in an accessible and educational manner, information regarding Ag Water Conservation.
Although the main focus was initially on agriculture in the semi-arid and arid west, the mission has expanded to include water conserving practices in agriculture across various climates and regions of the United States and the world. The website is dynamic and can be manipulated by each user according to the information the user seeks. This project is a collaborative endeavor. It not only comes from the needs of the nation’s water supply and demand institutions, but also serves the needs of these institutions and individuals alike. Through the tools provided, better decisions about future water supply and demand can be made.
Geographic Region
The area of concentration was located primarily in the Western United States, but now also includes regions where similar water conservation practices in agriculture are prevalent.
Intended Audience
The targeted audiences are USDA-NIFA Water Coordinators, water resource managers, agricultural producers, and various decisions makers who are involved with water management, policy, and law throughout the Western United States and nationally.
Project Goals
The project goals are to increase access to information which will help build collaborative relationships between and among agencies, provide technical expertise regarding agricultural water conservation, and offer detailed information on the management, policies, and laws surrounding agricultural water conservation.
Agricultural Water Conservation Clearinghouse, Ag Water, Ag Water Economics ,
Biotechnology and GMO for drought , Brackish Water, Center Pivot, Conservation
Tillage , Consumptive Use , Cool Season Crops , Crop Rotation , Crop Selection ,
Crop Water Use , Cropping Systems , Deficit Irrigation , Ditch Canal Lining ,
Drip and Micro Systems , Drought Tolerant Crops , Dryland cropping , Effluent
Water , ET Measurement , Evapotranspiration , Flood irrigation , Furrow diking ,
Furrow irrigation , Interruptible supply agreements , Irrigation Management ,
Irrigation Systems , Leaching , LEPA , LESA , Level basins , Limited Irrigation
, Low Pressure Pivot , LPIC , Field leveling , Lysimeter , Municipal , Pest
Management , Phreatophyte , Planting Scheme , Polyacrylamide (PAM) , Precision
Water Application , Rotational Fallowing , Salinity Management , Short Season
Crops , Soil Moisture Measurement , Source Water , Surge flow irrigation , Tail
Water , Underground Irrigation Piping , Water Application Measurement , Water
Banking , Water Conservation , Water Conveyance and Delivery , Water Law/Policy
, Water Leasing , Water Modeling , Water Recovery/Reuse , Water Scheduling ,
Water Storage , Water Supply , Water Transfers , Water Use Efficiency
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Opt to sort your results by Publication Year, Subject Category or Document Type
Use the following boolean operators in your search: AND, OR, NOT, TO.
For Example:
- AND - Narrow search and retrieve records containing all of the words it separates
- OR - Broaden search and retrieve records containing any of the words it separates
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- TO - Narrow search by specifying a range of dates. The first date goes in the first text box, and the second date goes in the second textbox
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