Report targets waste, inefficiency in agricultural water use
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from LA Times – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
Expert urges agriculture water use changes
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from Fresno Bee – Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
Agricultural water use debate heats up with pending report
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from Western Farm Press – Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
Coalition response...The report by the Delta Watermaster takes California in a new and potentially dangerous direction with respect to agricultural water use efficiency. The relationship between on-farm irrigation efficiency and true basin-level water conservation can be very confusing. Basin-wide efficiency can be quite high relative to on-farm efficiency due to re-use of water from farm to farm. You simply cannot apply an estimate of on-farm water savings to an entire basin to estimate net transferable water conservation. Irrigation experts at California State University, Fresno, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and UC Davis have identified this same mistake in other reports that claim millions of acre-feet of potential savings using this erroneous method.
Gene helps crops use less water without biomass loss
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from Western Farm Press – Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011
California’s Heavy Rains Counter La Nina’s Ways
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from NY Times – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
Salmon, River Activists ask Governor Brown to change direction in the Klamath River Basin
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from KlamBlog – Monday, Jan. 10, 2011
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