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Irrigation
District Engineering and Assistance Program
The
Irrigation District Engineering and Assistance Program (IDEA)
includes:
• educational services and technical assistance for irrigation
districts
• applied research in GIS-based management systems and rapid
assessment methods for prioritized rehabliation projects based
on water saving potential.
These “irrigation” districts include irrigation, water control,
water improvement, and municipal utility districts
that deliver irrigation water.
Overview of the IDEA program
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our activities for the congressional initative:
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What's
New...
Extension
Publications
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B-6218
Measuring Seepage Losses from Canals Using the Ponding
Test Method. January 2009.
The ponding test method is an accurate way to measure
seepage losses from irrigation canals. This publication
provides complete details for using this method.
Order
Here for Printed Copies
from the Texas
AgriLife Extension Bookstore
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Expansion
of Urban Area in Irrigation Districts of the Rio Grande
River Basin, 1996-2006: A Map Series. March 2009.
This series includes maps of
five counties: El Paso, Maverick, Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy,
showing the expansion of urban area over this ten year period
(1996
to 2006).
Also, shown on the maps are the service areas of 30 irrigation
districts that deliver
irrigation water along the Rio Grande River Basin.
. Individual district maps are posted under the GIS/Maps
link. Tables
show estimates of percent increase of urban area in both
county and irrigation district boundaries.
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Texas
Legislative and Irrigation Districts of the Rio Grande River
Basin: A Map Series. July 2008.
This series consists of nine
(9) maps showing the boundaries of legislative districts
(state and federal) and 32 irrigation districts that deliver
irrigation water. The tables provided include Texas Class
A water rights for the irrigation districts of the Lower
and Middle Rio Grande Regions, water allocations for the
Upper Rio Grande Basin irrigation districts according to
the Rio Grande Compact, and a listing of legislative districts
by irrigation districts.
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assistance for the Irrigation Technology Center is executed through a federal
program, the Rio Grande Basin Initiative, administered |
| Texas Water
Resources Institute of the Texas A&M University System, Cooperative State
Research, Education and Extension Service, U.S. |
| Department
of Agriculture under Agreement No. 2008-45049-04328 and Agreement No. 2008-34461-19061. |
