Title:
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
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local.contributor.corporatename Georgia Water Resources Institute
local.contributor.corporatename School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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