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MPR: Many irrigators lack required permits

April 7, 2014 by Freshwater Society

Many Minnesota farmers using groundwater to irrigate their crops have failed to apply for and receive permits that state law requires for high-capacity pumping, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Monday, … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, irrigation, MPR, permits

Climate, water and food

December 19, 2013 by Freshwater Society

A warming worldwide climate already has been predicted to significantly cut global production of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice by the end of this century. Now new research suggests food … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags climate change, food shortages, global warming, irrigation

Decades of irrigation depleting High Plains aquifer

August 8, 2013 by Freshwater Society

Irrigation, which transformed agriculture in Kansas into a much more profitable industry decades ago, now is starting to exhaust the groundwater that fed the change. Read, or listen to, a … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags high plains aquifer, irrigation

Water shortages — In Kansas and China

May 20, 2013 by Freshwater Society

Today’s New York Times has a compelling article on big drops in water levels in the High Plains Aquifer that farmers rely on for irrigation in a huge swath of … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags China water, high plains aquifer, irrigation, water shortage

Take time to read Pioneer Press groundwater articles

March 19, 2013 by Freshwater Society

The Pioneer Press this week published a fine series of articles on Minnesota’s groundwater. Read reporter John Brewer’s lead article on the sustainability issue. Read a column by outdoor writer … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, irrigation, sustainability

Irrigation increases in U.S. and in Minnesota

December 1, 2009 by Freshwater Society

Irrigation of farms has increased in Minnesota and across the United States over the last five years, and the pumping of groundwater for irrigation has increased faster.  That’s according to … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags groundwater, irrigation

Health costs of fossil fuels; irrigation's demand

October 25, 2009 by Freshwater Society

The cost — in terms of health care — of fossil fuels. A looming battle in California over desalination. The demands irrigators make on the Colorado River’s waters. Check out … Read more

Categories Water, Science and the Environment Tags bottled water, desalinataion, fossil fuels, irrigation, pollution credits, red river flooding

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