Measuring losses from on-farm water storages in the cotton industry
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Wigginton, David. 2011. "Measuring losses from on-farm water storages in the cotton industry." Thompson, Chris (ed.) Irrigation 2011: New Horizons, Fresh Ideas Regional Conference and Exhibition. Launceston, Australia 22 - 25 Aug 2011 Sydney, Australia.
Paper/Presentation Title | Measuring losses from on-farm water storages in the cotton industry |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Wigginton, David |
Editors | Thompson, Chris |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of Irrigation 2011 - New Horizons, Fresh Ideas Regional Conference and Exhibition |
Number of Pages | 2 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.irrigation.org.au/index.cfm?/publications/2011-conference-papers |
Conference/Event | Irrigation 2011: New Horizons, Fresh Ideas Regional Conference and Exhibition |
Event Details | Irrigation 2011: New Horizons, Fresh Ideas Regional Conference and Exhibition Event Date 22 to end of 25 Aug 2011 Event Location Launceston, Australia |
Abstract | Irrigators across the Australian Cotton Industry utilise large on-farm storages to capture irregular water supplies. Commercially available measurement technology was employed to measure the losses from over 125 storages across the industry. Mean seepage losses were found to be very low (2.59mm/day), although some individual losses were high. However, for a selection of 10 farms, storage losses still accounted for 79% of all on-farm losses. |
Keywords | evaporation; seepage; farm dams; water storage; losses; cotton farms |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380101. Agricultural economics |
300201. Agricultural hydrology | |
400513. Water resources engineering | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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