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ItemWater Use Estimation for Some Major Crops in Georgia Using Geospatial Modeling(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Boken, Vijendra K. ; Hoogenboom, Gerrit ; Guerra, Larry C. ; Hook, James E. ; Thomas, Daniel L. ; Harrison, Kerry A.Agricultural water use estimation can contribute to finding a satisfactory solution of the water dispute among the states of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. In this paper, the depths of irrigation for cotton, peanut, corn, and soybean are estimated for the Flint, Central, and Coastal water zones of Georgia for 2000, 2001, and 2002. In addition, the volume of irrigation for these crops are estimated for 2000 and 2001. The estimation was based on the spatial interpolation of the data collected under the Agricultural Water Pumping project. The interpolation techniques included the inverse distance weighting, local polynomial, global polynomial, radial basis function, ordinary kriging, and universal kriging. The total volume of irrigation was highest for the Flint zone (578.4 Mm3 ), followed by the Central zone (296.3 Mm3 ) and the Coastal zone (103.0 Mm3 ) for 2000. For 2001, the irrigation volume declined by 41% for the Flint zone, 31% for the Central zone, and 20% for the Coastal zone.
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ItemLandscape Irrigation Auditing: A Mobile Laboratory Approach for Small Communities(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Harrison, Kerry A. ; Thomas, Daniel L. ; Reed, R.Landscape irrigation is one of the first water resource uses to be affected by designated drought or water restriction conditions. In large cities, personnel and funds may be allocated to help encourage improved approaches to outside water use. However, many small communities lack the funds to hire personnel to help with their outside water management and must revert to “system-wide bans”. Obviously, outside watering bans have a direct and long-term potential impact on some of our most dynamic and thriving industries: landscape plant nurseries and turf/sod farms. Landscape irrigation is notoriously inefficient because irrigation systems can rarely be designed, installed, and maintained at the highest level attainable (unless available funds are not limited and the owner is very conscientious and knowledgeable).
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ItemAgricultural Water Use in Georgia: Results from the Ag. Water Pumping Program(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Thomas, Daniel L. ; Harrison, Kerry A. ; Hook, James E. ; Hoogenboom, Gerrit ; McClendon, R. W. ; Wheeler, L.This paper presents the results for the period 1999 to 2002 from the monitoring program that is estimating agricultural water use across the entire state of Georgia. This program is called AG. WATER PUMPING (Agricultural Water: Potential Use and Management Program in Georgia). Current conflicts on water allocation in the ACT (Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa) and ACF (Apalachicola, Flint, and Chattahoochee) river basins, saltwater intrusion effects in the 24 county area of southeast Georgia, water level declines in the central region, and other potential impacts on water use are all limited by the lack of available information on agricultural water use. This 5-year project is nearing completion. The results for calendar years 2001 and 2002 are based on the complete monitoring site installation whereas previous years were during the installation (incomplete coverage in selected parts of the state).
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ItemEstimating Statewide Irrigation Requirements Using a Crop Simulation Model(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Guerra, Larry C. ; Hoogenboom, Gerrit ; Boken, Vijendra K. ; Thomas, Daniel L. ; Hook, James E. ; Harrison, Kerry A.An understanding of water needs in agriculture is a critical input in resolving the water resource issues that confront the state of Georgia. Unfortunately, how much water is required and how much water is actually being used for irrigation is unknown. The objective of this study was to estimate water demand for irrigation for the entire state of Georgia using a crop simulation model. The irrigation requirements for all the counties where irrigated cotton, corn, peanut and soybean were grown in 2000, 2001 and 2002 were estimated using the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model. These counties were distributed across seven regions; with three regions, i.e., Flint Basin, Central Coastal Plain and Coastal Zone, representing the major growing areas. The combined irrigation withdrawal in the Flint Basin, Central Coastal Plain and Coastal Zone accounted for about 98% and 99% of the statewide total irrigation withdrawal in 2000 and 2001, respectively, mainly due to large irrigated acreage in those regions. Statewide total irrigation withdrawal was estimated to be 199,125 Mgallons in 2000 and 114,101 Mgallons in 2001. These irrigation requirements will vary from year to year depending on the spatial and temporal distribution of rainfall during the growing season. Total irrigated acreage also had a major impact on irrigation withdrawal. We will implement the model for other crops to determine the total irrigation withdrawals for agriculture in the state of Georgia.
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ItemAgricultural Water Use Associated with Animal Production Systems in Georgia(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Newton, G. Larry ; Baker, J. F. ; Dove, C. R. ; Bernard, J. K. ; McCranie, M. D. ; Boken, Vijendra K. ; Thomas, Daniel L. ; Hoogenboom, GerritAgricultural waters use normally centers on the large cross-section of irrigation withdrawals by cropping systems. However, animal production systems are also a significant component of water use in the state of Georgia. These production systems are therefore directly affected by the continuing drought and limited availability of water. Many animal production facilities, such as dairies, poultry houses, processing plants, and related operations use water continuously throughout the year. Some of these facilities could be prime candidates for improvements in water use efficiency and water conservation. The main emphasis of this paper will be to present an overview of water use associated with animal production systems in the state of Georgia.
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ItemRecommendations for Metering Agricultural Water Withdrawals in Georgia(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Thomas, Daniel L. ; Harrison, Kerry A. ; Norton, Virgil ; Norton, Nancy A. ; Hook, James E. ; Eigenberg, D.A. ; Wheeler, L.The purpose of this short document is to provide general recommendations for approaches to measuring agricultural irrigation withdrawals from surface and ground water resources for the state of Georgia. With over 20,000 permitted withdrawals already in place, this will not be a trivial task. Many of these recommendations have been incorporated into House Bill 237 which was introduced during the 2003 legislative session in Georgia.