More and Better Uses Could Be Made of Billions of Gallons of Water by Improving Irrigation Delivery Systems
CED-77-117
Published: Sep 02, 1977. Publicly Released: Sep 02, 1977.
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Agricultural irrigation uses 83 percent of water consumed in the United States. Large amounts of water transported to farms are wasted annually because of inefficient delivery systems which seep water.
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