Water management

Helping you make the most of your water: achieving maximum production from available water resources in any given season.

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Evaluating furrow irrigation performance - CottonInfo Fact Sheet May 2015

CottonInfo, Montgomery, Janelle, Pendergast, Lance (CottonInfo, 2015-05-19)

If you want to produce more bales of cotton per ML of water used, an irrigation evaluation is an important tool for improving your water use efficiency.

DIY groundwater monitoring - CottonInfo Fact Sheet - November 2015

CottonInfo (2015-05-11)

Groundwater monitoring - What to monitor. What equipment is needed. How often to monitor.

Water and soil quality Australian cotton industry BMP - CottonInfo fact sheet - May 2015

CottonInfo (2015-05-11)

It is a cotton BMP requirement that water sources be tested for pH, salinity risks (electrical conductivity), and sodicity risks (sodium adsorption ratio).

A Review of Centre Pivot and Lateral Move Irrigation Installations in the Australian Cotton Industry

Smith, P, Foley, J, Priest, S, Bray, S, Montgomery, J, Wigginton, D, Schultz, J, Van Niekerk, R (2015-04-15)

In 2001 a comprehensive review of centre pivot and lateral move (CPLM) irrigation systems in the Australian cotton industry was undertaken by Foley and Raine (2001).

2015 Cotton Irrigation Technology Tour

Trindall, Jane, Montgomery, Janelle, Hornbuckle, John, Joshua, Ed, Hoogers, Rob, Coast, Onoriode, Broderick, Rose, Foley, Jenny, McCarthy, Alison, Antille, Diogenes, Uddin, Jasim, Gilles, Malcom, Robson, David (2015-02-13)

The aim of the 2015 cotton irrigation technology tour is to bring irrigation researchers onto cotton farms across three cotton growing valleys to demonstrate new irrigation technology.