Nebraska Irrigation

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National Irrigation and Water Management Centers

• National Water and Climate Center (Portland, Oregon)

• National Water Management Center (Little Rock, Arkansas)

Technical Irrigation Information

• General Irrigation Information 

  • Handbooks

    • NEH Part 652 – Irrigation Guide

      1. NE Supplements

    • NEH Series, Section 15, Chapter 1 - 12

  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln - Irrigation Publications

    • General Irrigation Info

  • Kansas State University – Irrigation Publications

    • General Irrigation Info

    • Micro-irrigation Info

    • Mobile Irrigation Lab (MIL)

  • Midwest Plan Service (MWPS)

  • American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers

• NE NRCS Irrigation Design Forms and Documents

  • Engineering Forms

  • Practice Documentation Requirements documents

  • Construction Specifications documents

• Educational Information

  • Irrigation Tutorials

  • UNL Online Irrigation Water Management Home Study Course

  • Irrigation Association Courses

  • Center For Irrigation Technology

  • Cal-Poly Training and Research Institute

• Computer Water Management Models

  • Water Conserved Calculator

    • Net Irrigation Water Requirements – for EQIP use 15 out of 20 years

    • Practice Example

 Crop and Climate Information (heat units, ET, precipitation)

• Growing Degree Days, Evapotranspiration (ET) & Precipitation

• NeRAIN

• High Plains Regional Climate Center

Nebraska Irrigation Sites of Interest

• Central Platte Irrigator

• Nebraska Natural Resources Districts (NRDs)

• DNR Registered Wells

 Contact:

Timothy Haakenstad
State Conservation Engineer
Phone: (402) 437-4037
Fax: (402) 437-5327

Last Modified 04/04/2011