Quantifying, Monitoring, and Improving the Efficiency of Flood Irrigation in the Hydrosphere of Candelaria Farms Preserve, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Authors

Anders Lundahl, University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

Spring 2006

Abstract

Irrigation efficiency is the percent ratio of the amount of water applied to a field versus the amount of that water consumptively used by the crops on that field. Irrigation efficiency can be determined either by estimating the amount of water consumed by the crops, or the amount of water that is not consumed by the crops. Based on measured irrigation applications and reference evapotranspiration (ETo), the irrigation efficiency of Candelaria Farms Preserve, a representative farm serviced by the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District during the 2005 water year, was 52 percent.

Keywords

irrigation efficiency, crops, evapotranspiration. flood irrigation

Recommended Citation

Lundahl, Anders. "Quantifying, Monitoring, and Improving the Efficiency of Flood Irrigation in the Hydrosphere of Candelaria Farms Preserve, Albuquerque, New Mexico." (2006). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wr_sp/230