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The
following Web links provide additional information concerning water
and water conservation for the GREEN industry.
Center for Irrigation Technology
An institute at California State University at Fresno that has educational
resources for irrigation efficiency and best management practices
SaveWater
- Australia An Australian .com Web site funded by a number of industries
including the Nursery Industry Association of Victoria.
Irrigation System Selection
for Container Nurseries
An extension leaflet from the University of Florida that compares the
water use efficiency of several commonly used nursery irrigation systems,
including overhead sprinklers, microirrigation, and subirrigation.
Efficiencies of Irrigation
Systems Used in Florida Nurseries
An extensions leaflet from the University of Florida that describes
the efficiencies of water use as well as factors that affect this efficiency.
The inefficiencys of each type of irrigation system is described.
Soil
Plant Water Relationships
An extensions leaflet from the University of Florida that describes
the abilities of different types of soils to absorb an hold water.
Reed
Beds Clean-up Nursery Run-off
Article from the Nursery Papers funded by the Nursery Industry Levy
in Australia. It explains one method for treating Nursery water run-off
using reeds.
Water Wells for Florida's Irrigation
This is an extensions leaflet from the University of Florida that describes
the construction, testing and development of Wells.
Arizonia
Department of Water Resources
The Arizonia Department of water resource is involved in a number of
water conservation projects. For example, rain water collection, recycling
water, ground water management and well maintanence.
Efficient
Water Use In Landscapes and Nurseries
The University of New Hampshire Extensions publication that lays out
some methods for conserving water in Nurseries and in landscapes.
Texas Water Development
Board
The Texas Water Development Board is responsible for the water management
of Texas. There are several publications about water conservation and
water use.
Irrigating on a schedule and
water management
University of Florida extensions leaflet that describes using irrigating
schedules to conserve water usage. Watering with specific plant requirments
in mind and using soil and evapotranspiration estimations to get the
most use out of the water.
Capturing
and Recycling Irrigation Runoff
Oklahoma State University website dealing with nursery runoff and the
different methods of recycling the water depending on the nursery size
and price estimation to implement these systems.
Nursery Water
Management
University of Florida's extension website with publications database.
Contains several publications about Nursery Water Management and Irrigation
practices in the state of Florida.
Water
Management
Article describing water management history, planning, irrigation methods
and design factors.
OSU
Water Management Articles
Oklahoma State University Division of Agriculture Sciences and Natural
Resources Department. This website contains several articles describing
best management practices for water, water quality handbooks, irrigation
water measurement, and irrigation systems.
EPA Irrigation management
efficiency and a feasibility of water recyling
South Australian Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) case study of
one nursery implementing irrigation management efficiency and water
recyling. Includes prices of implementation, how they analysed the nurseries
needs, and how they implemented the needed changes.
Water
Use Tricks
Article that tells some tips on how to conserve water in the greenhouse
environment. For example, measuring water use to determine any waste.
American
Water Works Association
The American Water Works Association offers education, training and
conferences about water and how to mange and save it. The Association
mainly caters to water professionals.
Australian
Government; Department of the Environment an dHeritage Australian Greenhouse
Office
Australian Government website dealing with greenhouse issues like water
efficiency.
Water Resource Management
Branch
Water
Resource Management Branch
Government of British Columbia Ministry of agriculture and Lands Resource
Management. This website contains publications and conceptual plans
about wate management, irrigation, drainage, and farm water supply.
Recycling
Nursery Runoff
Oklahoma Cooperative Extensions services article detailing advantages
and disadvantages of implementing a water recycling program and how
to manage it.
Nursery
and farm case studies of water conservation
United Kingdom government article of several farms and how they implemented
water conservation techniques and the outcome of these practices.
New Techniques
for Monitoring Drip Irrigation Water Use Effieciency, Drainage, and
Leachate in Container Nurseries
The Society for engineering in agriculture, food, and biological systems
article writen for a presentation at the 2004 ASAE/CSAE Annual International
Meeting in Otawa, Ontario, Canada. This article describes a Pot-in-Pot
method for growing trees to reduce water loss through drainage, and
evaporation.
The Society for engineering in agricultural,
food and biological systems
This website is the home page for the society with access to their technical
papers database. To gain full access to the technical papers you must
be a member.
Recycling
Irrigation Water in Nurseries/Greenhouses: Innovative Approaches to
Disease Control
South Australian Research and Development government website. This article
describes several water recycling methods to achieve disease free water.
South
Australian Research and Development Governmental Publications Website
South Australian Research and Development government website. This website
contains a publications database with several agricultural topics.
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