NALT Keyword: Water
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Causes and Management of Runoff ...
Minimizing runoff from surface irrigation is a balance between adequate irrigation and tailwater runoff. This publication discusses how surface runoff can occur and management methods that can minimize the amount of water leaving a property.
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Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling
The health benefits of olive oil are also bringing olives into the spotlight. Learn how to make your own delicious olives at home using water, salt, oil or lye curing methods as well as tips on how to select and store fresh olives.
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Mulches in California Vegetable Crop Production
Surface mulches are widely used in the production of strawberries and certain high-value vegetable crops. For production practices using polyethylene or cover crop mulches to be successful, production goals must be matched with know how and experience.
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Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP) for Water Disinfection Monitoring
Large volumes of water are commonly used during postharvest handling of minimally processed fruits and vegetables. Water disinfection is a critical step in minimizing the potential transmission of pathogens from a water source to produce.
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Rangeland Monitoring Series: Sediment Delivery Inventory and Monitorin...
This easy-to-use worksheet and photographic record method gives any landowner a simple way to monitor streamside erosion and waterway sediment data for use in land management decisions or to demonstrate compliance with water quality standards.
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Vegetative Filter Strips for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Agri...
Irrigated orchards, vineyards, and row crops have high erosion rates. The vegetative filter strip (VFS) offers one way to control erosion rates and keep soil in the field rather than letting it be carried off site in drainage water.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Understanding Your Orchard's Wat...
A simple way to determine the proper irrigation amount is to estimate the amount of water the trees have used, evapotranspiration (ET), since the last irrigation. Learn how to easily calculate real-time ET rates using data provided by CIMIS.
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Farm Water Quality Plan
Farm Water Quality Planning Series. A template for a comprehensive farm water quality management plan for use in planning, implementation, and evaluation of management practices to help satisfy water quality regulatory requirements. (Replaces #9002)
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Tailwater Return Systems
Excess irrigation water that runs off a farm field ("tailwater") is regulated by California law, since it may be carrying sediments, nutrients, and agricultural chemicals. Learn about options for safely recycling tailwater back into your farm operation.
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Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production
All irrigation water contains dissolved mineral salts, and these can have a profound effect on crop performance. This publication helps you understand the basics of this relationship.
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Water Conservation Tips for the Home Lawn and Garden
How to make the most of your lawn area using the least amount of irrigation water.
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Small Grain Production Pt 5: Irrigation and Water Relations
Part 5 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual is a primer on water needs, including moisture requirements at the different stages of production, patterns of water consumption, and irrigation methods and timing.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Measuring Irrigation Flows in a ...
Minimizing the application of excess water requires knowing when and how much water to apply. Flow measurement is most easily done in a pipeline; this publication describes the four most commonly used flowmeters, their maintenance, and uses.
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Water Disinfection: A Practical Approach to Calculating Dose Values fo...
Water is used to irrigate, wash, and transport produce before and after harvest. This free publication tells how to keep that water clean and free of pathogens.
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Postharvest Chlorination: Basic Properties & Key Points . . .
Chlorination of process water is one of the key elements of a properly managed postharvest sanitation program. When used in an overall safety management program, chlorination is effective, inexpensive, and may be used in operations of any size.
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Pesticide Choice: Best Management Practice (BMP) for Protecting Surfac...
Full Title: Pesticide Choice: Best Management Practice (BMP) for Protecting Surface Water Quality in Agriculture
How to make pest control decisions that will minimize the potential for harm to surface water quality. |
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UC ANR applies innovative research and programs to state's water scarc...
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ANR and Cooperative Extension touch people's lives
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Letters to the editor
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UC Cooperative Extension helps Californians use water wisely
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