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 Financial Benefits of Making Improvements to an Irrigation System:
A Case Study

Contents

• Disclaimer
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Objective of Study
• 2 Description of Property
  • 2.1 Location
  • 2.2 Soils
  • 2.3 Climate
  • 2.4 Cropping Programme
• 3 Existing irrigation System
  • 3.1 System Description
  • 3.2 Water Supply
  • 3.3 Water Permit
• 4 Preliminary Analysis
  • 4.1 Operating Pressure of System
  • 4.2 Travel Speed of Irrigator
  • 4.3 Other Problems
  • 4.4 Original Recommendations
• 5 Design Options
  • 5.1 Summary of Water Requirements
  • 5.2 Other Design Issues
  • 5.3 Description of Options
    • 5.3.1 Option 1
    • 5.3.2 Option 2
    • 5.3.3 Option 3
  • 5.4 Chosen Option
• 6 Estimated Financial Benefits
  • 6.1 Increased Yields
  • 6.2 Increased Gross Margins
• 7 Summary and Conclusions
• Appendix I: Monthly Water Requirement Data

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