Sentences with phrase «irrigation water increases»

As droughts increase, the demand for irrigation water increases putting more stress on already depleted aquifers.

Agricultural Impacts Crop yield may decrease if climate changes As droughts increase, the demand for irrigation water increases putting more stress on already depleted aquifers.

Not exact matches

Using a wide array of data from sensors in the soil along with satellite imagery and weather forecasts, the company designed a «personalized» irrigation system for each block of vines, greatly reducing water consumption and increasing output.

«Harvey Water represents the Collie River Irrigation District farmers and has been working for many years to find a solution to the increasing salinity in the Wellington Dam.

However — aside from the fact that, according to the World Health Organization, 80 per cent of all disease in the world is related to water supplies and that some diseases are significantly increased by irrigation — the technology of irrigation is itself a tricky business.

When water is repeatedly used for irrigation it accumulates land salts and its saline content is increased.

Water management technologies including micro irrigation, off - grid desalination, sprayable polymers, hydroponics and aeroponics for increasing sustainability in production and building in environmental credentials to a business's brand.

In addition, this year, delayed monsoon rains increased farmers» demand for irrigation - related electricity while reducing the water available for hydroelectricity, which accounts for 20 percent of India's grid, according to Businessweek and Reuters.

The study also confirmed a finding that has been emerging: that water conservation measures that directly reduce irrigation, such as drought - tolerant landscaping, can have the unintended consequence of increasing temperatures in urban areas.

«Assessing the potential is tricky: If upstream farmers reroute otherwise wasted water to increase irrigation and production, less water returns to downstream users and consequently this can affect their production,» says co-author and team leader Dieter Gerten.

In a study entitled «It's Going to Take More Innovation than Technology to Increase Water Conservation Practices,» researchers from the University of Florida examined the perceptions of homeowners in Orange County, Florida who have automated irrigation systems and looked deeply into their water conservation knowledge and practWater Conservation Practices,» researchers from the University of Florida examined the perceptions of homeowners in Orange County, Florida who have automated irrigation systems and looked deeply into their water conservation knowledge and practwater conservation knowledge and practices.

The researchers believe that some of the increase comes from improvements in water conservation practices, though some was simply the result of inefficient irrigation, for example, water seeping out of unlined ditches into aquifers.

Farmers here have reported environmental problems, such as floods, droughts, reductions in water quality and increases in soil erosion and downstream sedimentation of irrigation networks.

From 1953 to 1979 irrigation had only a modest impact on the ecosystem, but from 1983 to 1994 the water usage for irrigation increased fourfold.

That's happening because of increased irrigation technology, crop genetics and water management strategies.»

«We always assumed that people's increased reliance on groundwater for irrigation and consumption was resulting in a net transfer of water from the land to the ocean,» said lead author J.T. Reager of JPL, who began the research project as a UCI graduate student.

Bajzelj points out that higher yields will also require more mineral fertiliser use and increased water demand for irrigation.

«By the end of this century, as the climate warms, the rising demand for irrigation water and increased variability of the water supply may lead to regions with a severe shortage of water for irrigation,» said corresponding author Dr. Maoyi Huang, a climate modeler at PNNL.

Pumping water for irrigation likely to increase drought vulnerability in certain regions, PNNL shows via modeling expertise

Future work will extend the time periods and increase the area studied to assess the impact of irrigation on regional climate and the water cycle.

Scientifically, his research can help breeders, geneticists, agronomists and irrigation engineers develop better varieties and management strategies to increase crop yield and water - use efficiency, his nomination stated.

The Water chapter describes the basic hydrology of irrigation water supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditWater chapter describes the basic hydrology of irrigation water supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditwater supply, but superimposed on that are combined effects of increasing temperatures and dynamic cropping conditions.

Human activities directly produce only a small increase in water vapor through combustion processes and irrigation.

Strategies to increase the soil carbon pool include: soil restoration, and woodland regeneration, no - till farming, cover crops, nutrient management, manuring and sludge application, i mproved grazing, water conservation, and harvesting, efficient irrigation, agroforestry practices, and growing energy crops on spare lands.

These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices under rainfed conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of climate variability and change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.

In warm, dry regions, irrigation increases the amount of water available for plants to release into the air through a process called evapotranspiration.

Human activities directly produce only a small increase in water vapor through combustion processes and irrigation.

Globally, water demand will grow in the coming decades, primarily due to population growth and increased affluence; regionally, large changes in irrigation water demand as a result of climate change are likely (high confidence)[3.5.1].

Examples include developing water saving technologies in irrigation, building reservoirs, increasing water productivity, changing cropping systems and water reuse.

Increased tapping of water resources for crop irrigation in one region in response to water shortages related to climate change can increase risks to adjacent areas that share those water resources.

«The losses got substantially reduced when we increased irrigation of fields in the simulation, so water stress resulting from temperature increase seems to be a bigger factor than the heat itself,» says co-author Joshua Elliott from the University of Chicago.

In a recent article, we call this anthropogenic drought, which is water stress caused or intensified by human activities, including increased demand, outdated water management, climate change from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, growing energy and food production, intensive irrigation, diminished supplies, and land use change.

, written 2007/09/14 I noted that the cost of water in Australia varied from $ 0.0013 / kL ($ 1.30 / ML) in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area to around $ 1 / kL for a domestic consumer in South Australia (the cost to domestic consumers in SA had increased to around $ 3 / kL by 2017).

Volumes of many of the world s large lakes have been reduced in recent decades through increased irrigation and other water use.

Has anyone bothered to analyse the impact the ever increasing amount of pastoral irrigation going on and how spraying vast volumes of water into the sky might just correlate with an increase in temperature?

Strategies to increase the soil carbon pool include soil restoration and woodland regeneration, no - till farming, cover crops, nutrient management, manuring and sludge application, improved grazing, water conservation and harvesting, efficient irrigation, agroforestry practices, and growing energy crops on spare lands.

With the drought and heat waves that have beset Texas, the increasing demand for electricity for cooling and fresh water for irrigation and livestock has created serious challenges for these power plants.

A World Bank report said in February 2015 that climate change is likely to increase river salinity leading to shortages of drinking water and irrigation and significant changes in aquatic ecosystems in the southwest coastal areas during the dry season by 2050.

Increased mean upstream rainfall partly compensates for upstream water losses, although net irrigation demand may put more stress on the region's food security.

Recent intensification of permanent agriculture has had numerous negative environmental consequences: Erosion has accelerated and stream sediment loads have increased where repetitive cultivation is performed on steep slopes without appropriate conservation methods; permanent conversion of hill slopes and road building have increased the risk of landslides; irrigation of cash crops in the dry season has desiccated streams; and use of pesticides and fertilizers to sustain commercial agriculture has reduced water quality.

Rising summer temperatures are reducing soil moisture, he pointed out, leading to increased irrigation demands that threaten to strain water resources.

His research claims that siphoning off a third of the water from the Han River's Danjiangkou reservoir, as the plan calls for, will raise the risk of floods, increase sediment and worsen water quality — hurting navigation and irrigation for local residents, and limiting supplies for industrial and municipal use.

They also find that Irrigation has a much larger preventative effect on yield loss than increased carbon dioxide, suggesting that water stress at higher temperatures may be largely responsible for losses.

I wouldn't suggest that water stress causes plant growth, so perhaps the causality is that the areas of increase on both maps are have a common underlying cause of increased irrigation.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Formulated an organic pesticide, the use of which resulted in high organic content and crop yield • Saved 23 farm animals from an impending disease (discovered on the adjacent farmland) by quickly isolating and vaccinating them • Devised a novel irrigation system to provide water to all crop lines, without the use of sophisticated and expensive machinery • Suggested using the age old method of hand seeding, resulting in increased crop growth

ULI notes that an increasing number of golf courses have been implementing strategies to use less water or shift to non-potable water sources, including using more drought - resistant turf grasses, replacing grass with native plantings, installing computer - controlled irrigation systems, increasing the use of recycled water, and in many cases, just watering less and letting some grass turn brown.

or shift to non-potable water sources, including using more drought - resistant turf grasses, replacing grass with native plantings, installing computer - controlled irrigation systems, increasing the use of recycled water, and in many cases, just watering less and letting some grass turn brown.