. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT December, ipip Information on the Measurement of Irrigation Water By 0. W. Israelsen of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station THE economical use of water in irrigation depends primarily on water measurement. That signi- ficant advantages, public and private, attend the measurement of water de- ,.in,n,nn xi,. commonly- livered to individual irrigators has long been recognized in older irrigated coimtries. The rapidly increasing utilization of Utah's available water supply, the consequent increase in its value, and the tendency on the
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 8 BETTER FRUIT December, ipip Information on the Measurement of Irrigation Water By 0. W. Israelsen of the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station THE economical use of water in irrigation depends primarily on water measurement. That signi- ficant advantages, public and private, attend the measurement of water de- ,.in,n,nn xi,. commonly- livered to individual irrigators has long been recognized in older irrigated coimtries. The rapidly increasing utilization of Utah's available water supply, the consequent increase in its value, and the tendency on the newer canal systems to base the annual irri- gation charges on the amount of water used make an understanding of the methods of water measurement an ab- solute necessity. Furthermore, many irrigators now realize that the vast store of information concerning the relations of water, soils and plants that has been accumulated in years past cannot be utilized in practice without the measurement of water. As a result of the growing apprecia- tion of the value of water measure- ment, there is frequent inquiry as to materials and methods used in measur- ing water under different conditions. To facilitate the answering of such inquiries, and otherwise to spread in- formation concerning water measure- ment, this circular is prepared.* •No attempt is made to present an exhaus- tive discussion of tlie subject. The material is simply a compilation from State and Government publications on water measure- ment. An attempt is made to meet the needs of practical irrigators and canal company officers and hence technical language is avoid- ed where possible. Units of Water Measurement. The units of water measurement naturally fall into two classes: first, those expressing a specific volume of water at rest, and second, those ex- pressing a rate of flow. Water at Rest.—The commonly-used units of volume of water at rest are the gallon, the cubic foot, the acre- inch and the acre-foot. Flowing
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