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Generally not all irrigation water consumed in an area is used for crop production. Frequently great amounts of water can be recovered or saved. This paper gives a range in the amount of water consumed by varying types of vegetation under different climatic conditions in the United States. Alfalfa may consume 4.5 acre-ft of water per acre in the Salt River Valley of Arizona and only 1.5 acre-ft per acre in areas of Colorado. However, spring wheat; if it matures, will use about 1.25 to 1.50 acre-ft per acre regardless of where it is grown.
Generally not all irrigation water consumed in an area is used for crop production. Frequently great amounts of water can be recovered or saved. This paper gives a range in the amount of water consumed by varying types of vegetation under different climatic conditions in the United States. Alfalfa may consume 4.5 acre-ft of water per acre in the Salt River Valley of Arizona and only 1.5 acre-ft per acre in areas of Colorado. However, spring wheat; if it matures, will use about 1.25 to 1.50 acre-ft per acre regardless of where it is grown.
Irrigated Crops
Criddle, Wayne D. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 117 ; 991-1000
2021-01-01
101952-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
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