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Posted by Howard H. on October 27, 2006 at 15:05:34 from (164.58.210.24):
In Reply to: Irrigation posted by KEH on October 27, 2006 at 14:25:16:
National Geographic had a big write-up on water worldwide a few years ago and called the Ogallala aquifer (from the Texas Panhandle on up through Nebraska) "the best water in the world". We don"t have any salt problems at all. Growing up drinking well water out here spoiled me - most big city water tastes like chlorinated pond water to me. We pump from about 400 feet with 454 Chevy"s, 855 Cummins, and 800 Minneapolis Molines (for examples) anywhere from 200-2000 gallons per minute depending on how good the well is. Back when natural gas was $3/mcf, a well might cost $1500 per month to operate. This year with higher gas prices, I know of a guy that paid $8500 for one month for one well. That well watered 1 125 acre circle of corn and 1 125 acre circle of cotton. When I started out, I had some ditch irrigation, some aluminum pipe irrigation, and some sprinkler. Now sprinkler is really the only cost effective solution in 98% of the cases. It is pretty arid out here (16-18 inches precip per year), so irrigation is the difference in a 20 bushel dryland wheat crop 3 years out of five versus 200 bushel corn every year (if you work at it). Our water table is not replenishing near like other areas, though. Howard
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