Publication

Analyses of Conveyance Optimization and On-Farm Efficiencies of Representative Irrigation Sites in the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

URL: https://webapps.usgs.gov/mrgescp/documents/Lyons%20et%20al_2007_Analyses%20of%20Conveyance%20Optimization%20and%20On-Fam%20Efficiencies%20of%20Representative%20Irrigation%20Sites%20in%20the%20MRGCD.pdf

Date: 2007/06/25

Author(s): Lyons D., King J.P., Moreno J.

Publication: Report prepared for the Water Acquisition and Management Subcommittee, 116 p.

Abstract:

This study of on-farm irrigation efficiency within the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was conducted as part of the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act (ESA) Collaborative Program by URS Group, Inc. (URS) and New Mexico State University (NMSU) under direction of the Water Acquisition and Management Subcommittee. This report is one of a two-part study and addresses the on-farm irrigation efficiency evaluation among farms within the MRCGD. The second volume addresses the seepage analysis of the Belen Highline Canal within the Belen Division of the MRGCD. The on-farm irrigation efficiency evaluation was conducted by URS with NMSU, while the conveyance seepage study was conducted by URS. Both studies were conducted between fall 2003 and spring 2005.