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Conversion from Flood to Sprinkler
Water Supply Impacts
Mike Roberts, Hydrologist
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Water Management Bureau March 2012
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Flood Irrigation
Center Pivot Irrigation
wild flood
contour ditch
wheel line
center pivot
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What is Consumptive Use?
The volume of water used for a beneficial purpose, such as
water transpired by growing vegetation, evaporated from soils
or water surfaces, or incorporated into products that does not
return to ground or surface water (ARM 36.12.101(15))
Evapotranspiration (ET)
Irrecoverable losses (do not return to the source)
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Surface and Groundwater are Connected
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Flint Creek Return Flow
Study (DNRC 1997)
NF Blackfoot River
Hydrologic Study (DNRC
2001)
Stream and Fluvial Plain
Ground Water Interactions(Woessner 2000)
Surface and Groundwater are Connected
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Increase in yield = increase in Consumptive Use (ET)
From: Agronomy News, Colorado State University Extension, April 2007, Volume 26
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T o n s / A c r e
Year
Montana State Yields (Alfalfa)
Irrigated
Non Irrigated
Pre-Center Pivot Era Center Pivot Era (1955-Present)
USDA, National Agriculture Statistics Service
Montana Field Office
Production in Montana
Note: Better management practices
Fertilizers
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1997
Photos courtesy of Scott Irvin
What typically happens when a flooded field is converted to sprinkler?
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1997 2005
Photos courtesy of Scott Irvin
What typically happens when a flooded field is converted to sprinkler?
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1997 2005
Photos courtesy of Scott Irvin
What typically happens when a flooded field is converted to sprinkler?
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river flow
Flood irrigation = 15 to 60% efficient
Need to divert more water
Requires higher stream flows
Increases groundwater storage and
results in more return flow
System Efficiencies(% diverted that is used by the crop)
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river flow
Flood irrigation = 15 to 60% efficient Sprinkler irrigation = 60 to 85% efficient
Need to divert less water
Less instream flow needed to divert
Less groundwater storage and
return flow
System Efficiencies(% diverted that is used by the crop)
Need to divert more water
Requires higher stream flows
Increases groundwater storage and
results in more return flow
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How does consumptive use increase with conversion from flood
irrigation to sprinkler irrigation?
Increases Production (yield)
Water Distribution
Irrigated Acres
Irrigation Season
Crop Type
Change to more
productive location
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Typical Flood Irrigation(percentages relative to diverted amount)
Crop Consumptive Use = 25%
Conveyance
loss = 20%
Additional irrecoverablelosses = 10%
Surface and groundwater
returns = 45%
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Typical Sprinkler Irrigation(percentages relative to diverted amount)
Crop Consumptive Use = 75%
Conveyance
loss = negl.
Additional irrecoverablelosses = 10%
Surface and groundwater
returns = 15%
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Case Studies
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Modeled Average Flows for the Smith River below Sheep Creek
100 % Flood
33% Sprinkler
66% Sprinkler
(Source: DNRC Smith River Basin Permit and Change Applications Supplemental Environmental Assessment, 2002)
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Center Pivot Sprinkler
replaced flood field, diversion reduced from
12 cfs to 2 cfs.
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Potential Advantages
Increases production (especially on
non-level field)
Decrease labor costs
Decrease Ag chemical application
Water quality improvements (saline seep)
Fisheries (spring spawning)
Instream water quantity increases (early season)
- channel maintenance
Potential Disadvantages
Instream water quantity reductions
Downstream producers and well users
water availability reduced or
eliminated.
Fisheries (fall spawning, WQ, etc.)
Water Quality (increased temperatures)
Increase power costs
Management Objective NF Blackfoot River
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Potential Advantages
Increases production (especially on
non-level field)
Decrease labor costs
Decrease Ag chemical application
Water quality improvements (saline seep)
Fisheries (spring spawning)
Water quantity increases (early season)
- channel maintenance
Potential Disadvantages
Less Groundwater Storage
Decreased late season flows
Fisheries (fall spawning, WQ)
Water Quality (increased temperatures)
Increased power costs
Management Objective NF Blackfoot River
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Potential Advantages
Increases production (especially on
non-level field)
Decrease labor costs
Decrease Ag chemical application
Water quality improvements (saline seep)
Fisheries (spring spawning)
Water quantity increases (early season)
- channel maintenance
Potential Disadvantages
Water quantity reductions
Downstream producers and well users
water availability reduced or
eliminated.
Fisheries (fall spawning, WQ, etc.)
Water Quality (increased temperatures)
Increase power costs
Depends onManagement Objective
NF Blackfoot River
K P i t W t S l
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increase water savings
K P i t W t S l
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increase water savings
• Typical conversion from flood to sprinkler in Montana can result inincreased consumption of water (acre for acre and from expansion).
K P i t W t S l
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increase water savings
• Typical conversion from flood to sprinkler in Montana can result inincreased consumption of water (acre for acre and from expansion).
• Increased consumption of water and decreased return flows can lead to
streamflow depletions late in the irrigation season.
K P i t W t S l
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increased water savings
• Typical conversion from flood to sprinkler in Montana can result inincreased consumption of water (acre for acre and from expansion).
• Increased consumption of water and decreased return flows can lead to
streamflow depletions late in the irrigation season.
• Many basins in Montana experience shortages. On any given day,
irrigators are being shut-off by water commissioners
ex. Musselshell R.
Ke Points on Water S ppl
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increase water savings.
• Typical conversion from flood to sprinkler in Montana can result inincreased consumption of water (acre for acre and from expansion).
• Increased consumption of water and decreased return flows can lead to
streamflow depletions late in the irrigation season.
• Many basins in Montana experiences shortages. On any given day,
irrigators are being shut-off by water commissioners
ex. Musselshell R.
• Benefits of flood to sprinkler conversions depend on management
objective.
Key Points on Water Supply
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Key Points on Water Supply
• Increased efficiency does not always equate to increase water savings.
• Typical conversion from flood to sprinkler in Montana can result inincreased consumption of water (acre for acre and from expansion).
• Increased consumption of water and decreased return flows can lead to
streamflow depletions late in the irrigation season.
• Many basins in Montana experiences shortages. On any given day,
irrigators are being shut-off by water commissioners
ex. Musselshell R.
• Benefits of flood to sprinkler conversions depend on management
objective.
• Can be site-specific it’s not simple lots of variables