On-farm flood capture could reduce groundwater overdraft in Kings River Basin

On-farm flood capture could reduce groundwater overdraft in Kings River Basin

Chronic groundwater overdraft threatens agricultural sustainability in California's Central Valley. Diverting flood flows onto farmland for groundwater recharge offers an opportunity to help address this challenge. We studied the infiltration rate of floodwater diverted from the Kings River at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philip A.M. Bachand, Sujoy B. Roy, Nicole Stern, Joseph Choperena, Don Cameron, William R. Horwath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2016-11-01
Series:California Agriculture
Subjects:
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Farms and Farming Systems
Natural Resources
Plant Science and Plant Products
Research
Technology and Engineering
agricultural land
agricultural management
agriculture
engineering
environment
environmental programs
environmental science
irrigation and drainage
natural resource management
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.2016a0018

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