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Irrigated acreage expanded from 1890 to 2017, while average water use per acre irrigated decreased from 1969 to 2018

by R. Aaron Hrozencik and Marcel Aillery
1/12/2022

Irrigation & Water Use
Farm Practices & Management
Natural Resources & Environment
Crops

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Line graph showing irrigated acreage from 1890 to 2017, compared with how water use per acre irrigated declined from 1969 to 2018.

Irrigated acreage expanded from 1890 to 2017, while average water use per acre irrigated decreased from 1969 to 2018

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Irrigated acreage expanded from 1890 to 2017, while average water use per acre irrigated decreased from 1969 to 2018

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