Title:
Agricultural Water Management Via The Web: The Georgia Farmer Portal
Agricultural Water Management Via The Web: The Georgia Farmer Portal
dc.contributor.author | Masters, Mark H. | |
dc.contributor.author | McKimmey, James M. | |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Albany State University. Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-29T14:46:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-29T14:46:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-03 | |
dc.description | Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 27-29, 2007, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Since the middle 1980s the state of Georgia has required that all water withdrawals totaling more than 100,000 gallons per be registered with the Department of Natural Resources. These permits are divided into categories as to the type of use such as municipal, industrial, or agricultural. In 2004, the Georgia State Legislature required that all 21,000 agricultural water withdrawal permits be metered with the intention of monitoring use by annual meter readings. The potential to have metered annual use is an excellent opportunity for regional analyses of agricultural water use. However, an economical means of collecting the statewide “value-added” data behind the water use is paramount for any meaningful analysis to take place. The Georgia Farmer Portal is that mechanism. Using an interactive web-based platform, farmers can catalog events such as rainfall, crop type, planting/harvest dates, irrigation information or most any other variable pertaining to water use. Incorporating the latest aerial imagery available in conjunction with an extensive GIS database, farmers can manage their information via visible, geographic locations such as meter locations or individual fields providing a total picture of irrigation and crop practices throughout the year. The data can be presented to the farmer in terms of their yield and water use in comparison to averages in a pre-determined area such as county, basin or state. Reports can be generated on the basis of crop, soil type, tillage system, seed type and others. The Georgia Farmer Portal also collects valuable information that can provide local, regional, and state irrigation and crop data on common geographic divisions necessary for informed policy decisions. The information collected can further be applied to the documentation of “reasonable use” for individual farmers and in support of interstate issues relating to water allocation. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397) or the other conference sponsors. | |
dc.embargo.terms | null | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48162 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI2007. Water Use, Conservation and Reuse | en_US |
dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
dc.subject | Agricultural water management | en_US |
dc.subject | Water permits | en_US |
dc.subject | Georgia farmer portal | en_US |
dc.subject | Water use data | en_US |
dc.title | Agricultural Water Management Via The Web: The Georgia Farmer Portal | en_US |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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