Efficient irrigation for water conservation

Introduction; Overview of Rio Grande Basin Initiative; Irrigation district studies; Efficient irrigation for water conservation in the Rio Grande Basin; Irrigation education and training; Evaluation of user-friendly drip irrigation/mulch systems for urban and small farm specialty crop production; Institutional incentives for efficient water use; Institutional barriers to water conservation in the Rio Grande Basin; Urban landscape and in-home water conservation; Determining landscape choices, plant water use and minimum irrigation requirements in the urban environment; Effect of subirrigation and soil amendments on water conservation, Irrigation efficiency and turfgrass quality; Science, Technology, Urban Agriculture, Research and Demonstration Site (STUARDS); Environment, ecology and water quality protection; Irrigation ditch seepage effects on surface water/groundwater interaction along the Rio Grande Corridor; Agriculture irrigation systems and conservation of native fishes: Issues in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico; Identification and detection of problem and noxious weeds on irrigation canals will lead to effective weed management programs and increase water for irrigation; Basin-wide hydrology, salinity modeling and technology; Development of decision support tools for water conservation in the Rio Grande Valley: Remote sensing in irrigation managementReport containing general information on the Rio Grande Basin Initiative, and various irrigation-efficiency models studied and used within the Rio Grande Basin