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Water seepage from unlined ditches and reservoirs
Publication Information
California Agriculture 43(6):9-12.
Published November 01, 1989
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Abstract
Seepage losses in the San Joaquin Valley's Westlands Water District were estimated at 27,000 acre-feet a year, or about 2% of the district's water supply. Ditch configuration and construction techniques appear to influence seepage rates.