Burns, Joseph I., editorAnderson, Susan S., editorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031999http://hdl.handle.net/10217/46837Presented at Contemporary challenges for irrigation and drainage: proceedings from the USCID 14th technical conference on irrigation, drainage and flood control held on June 3-6, 1998 in Phoenix, Arizona.IID/MWD Water Conservation Program - improved irrigation water management through system automation -- On-farm water measurement and evaluation -- IID Water Information System - irrigation data base principles and management -- Improved irrigation water management - a direct benefit of a water conservation program -- McClusky Canal improvements -- Implementation of a district management system in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas -- Use and productivity of Egypt's Nile water -- Definitive basin water management -- Agricultural Water Resources Decision Support (AWARDS) -- Progress on canal automation for water delivery modernization -- Physical and operational improvements that aid modernization of irrigation delivery systems -- Estimating the costs of farm-level and district efforts to achieve selenium load targets -- Strategies for utilizing shallow ground water in arid areas -- Conjunctive and exclusive use of shallow groundwater for irrigation in spring wheat -- The affect of urbanization on the cost of operating an irrigation district or canal company -- An economic perspective on the environmental costs and benefits of irrigated agriculture -- Improving water properties to increase infiltration characteristics -- Improved software for design of long-throated flumes.born digitalconference proceedingseng©1999 U.S. Committee on Irrigation and DrainageCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.irrigation engineeringenvironmentdrainageconservationmodernizationrehabilitationwater quality managementText