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surface irrigation

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surface irrigation [′sər·fəs ‚ir·ə‚gā·shən]
(agriculture)
Application of water to the soil by means of pipes or furrows along the surface.


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Table 1 depicts that the uses of surface irrigation drastically reduced while groundwater irrigation technologies increased significantly.
Instead, a Senate Report on the 1977 Clean Water Act Amendments creating the irrigation return flow exemption reflects a tangential affirmation of EPA's definition of irrigation return flows as "conveyances carrying surface irrigation return as a result of the controlled application of water by any person to land used primarily for crops.
Surface irrigation is still the main form of irrigation used in Australia.
 
 
 
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