Irrigation
As Texas faces increasingly severe water-related challenges, our resources are designed to meet the needs for irrigation across the state. From surface water releases to watering your yard, we understand best management practices will vary from plant to plant and region to region.
Related Departments: Soil and Crop Sciences, Horticultural Sciences, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Animal Science, Agricultural Economics
Irrigation Technology Program
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- Tools and Apps
This app invites users to create a profile and receive weekly customized yard/grass water recommendations that tell them how long to run their irrigation systems.
- Lab
The Sprinkler and Smart Irrigation Technology Testing Lab evaluates irrigation components for their WaterSense product labeling program.
- Program
The School of Irrigation provides irrigation education through a variety of in-person and self-paced educational courses to meet the changing needs of the irrigation industry.
- Tools and Apps
A spreadsheet program that performs monthly water balance to see if application rate will exceed available soil moisture storage of a site planted in grass.
- Program
We aim to promote efficient irrigation practices and water conservation, as well as coordinate irrigation research and development in a way that is economically feasible – benefiting researchers and consumers alike.