Geospatial Analysis of Agricultural Water-meter Data In South Georgia
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Torak, Lynn J.
Painter, Jamie A.
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Carroll, G. Denise
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Since November 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission, has been researching methods for estimating agricultural water use and growing-season pumping rates through the analysis of water-meter data. A geographic information system has been used for geospatial analyses of the data and has yielded promising results for identifying seasonal pumping patterns. For example, cluster and hot-spot analyses of annually read meter data indicate a northwest-to-southeast trend of low-to-high agricultural-irrigation volume, respectively, which could signal relations between water availability, precipitation, soil type, and crop choice among farmers.
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Sponsored by:
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Water Science Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute
The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty
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2011-04
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