Irrigation and irrigation water management

USDA-NRCS maintains an irrigation website with technical water management information and links to irrigation-based search engines and many other websites of irrigation interest.

USDA-NASS conducts the Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey, a primary source of irrigation and water management information.

USDA-NASS conducts the Census of Agriculture, the most statistically reliable estimate of irrigated lands.

USDA-NRCS conducts the National Resources Inventory, which collects information on the irrigation of private lands.

USDA-ARS conducts research on improved water management and quality.

Water use and water supply

USDA-NRCS estimates snowpack runoff and makes water supply forecasts in the West.

The Bureau of Reclamation manages at least part of the water supply for over 10 million irrigated acres in the West.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) monitors drought conditions.

The U.S. Geological Survey is a source of water supply information including real-time river flow data.

The U.S. Geological Survey also estimates water withdrawals and use for irrigation and other sectors.

for more information, contact: Noel Gollehon
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page updated: April 26, 2002