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Irrigation water delivery organizations play important role in conveying water in the western United States

by Nicholas Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik and Steven Wallander
10/11/2023

Irrigation & Water Use

Horizontal bar chart showing amounts of water, in millions of acre-feet, managed by delivery organizations in six U.S. regions, with average water withdrawals for irrigation and for all other uses.

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According to the USDA’s 2019 Survey of Irrigation Organizations, irrigation water delivery organizations in the western United States managed about 70 percent of water withdrawn for irrigation and almost 60 percent of water withdrawn for agricultural, commercial, industrial, and municipal uses in an average year.

Irrigation water delivery organizations play important role in conveying water in the western United States

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