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Water Booklet Sources

Updated: Nov 12

Agriculture for Life—How Irrigation Transformed Alberta Farming


Alberta Agriculture and Food—Biodiversity Conservation Guide for Farmers and Ranchers in Alberta, 2007


Alberta Water Portal Society—Agriculture and Irrigation in Alberta, 2012


American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture—Agriculture and the Environment, 2018 


Dripdepot—Irrigation Filter Buying Guide, 2024


EARTHHOW—How Much Water Is on Earth, 2023


Fizzics Education—Make a Secchi Disc


Flora Flex— The Ultimate Guide to Drip Irrigation Filters: Types, Maintenance, and Choosing the Right Filter for Your Garden, 2023


Government of Alberta—Alberta Climate Information Service (ACIS) Data Products & Tools


Government of Alberta—Filtration: How does it work?, 2015


Government of Alberta—Maintenance and cleaning of drip irrigation


Government of Alberta—Testing Your Drinking Water in Alberta, 2021

 

Grainnews—The benefits of irrigation in Alberta, 2023


MDPI—Agronomic Basis and Strategies for Precision Water Management: A Review, 2019


Mental Floss—What Is the Snow-to-Liquid Ratio?, 2016

 

National Geographic—Earth’s Fresh Water

 

Sacred Cow—Beef is Not a Water Hog: 94% of Water Allocated to Beef Production is Natural Rainfall, 2019


Sciencing—How to Calculate Rain to Snow


SDWF—Groundwater


Top Crop Manager—Loss of agricultural land on the Prairies, 2013


University of Minnesota— Testing Your Farm's Water for GAPs and FSMA, 2020


University of Rhode Island—Drip Irrigation


USGS—The Water in You: Water and the Human Body, 2019


Virginia Tech—Filtration, Treatment, and Maintenance Considerations for Micro-Irrigation Systems, 2018




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