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<br />D. Background Information <br /> <br />[. Tlie proQucers operate s~x full-c1rcl~ <br />~enter pivot and six partial circle piYP~ <br />~prinklers. Surface water from th~ <br />Norland, El Viejo, Gabino Gallegos 'ana <br />· 'h d' d . ......... <br />Terrace D1tC es are 1recte 1nto s~Q~aga <br />reservoirs where it is pumped to the <br />~prinklers through underground Pvq-- <br />pipelines. The pumps deliver anywhere.f~o~ <br />800 to 1000 gallons per minute (gpm) to <br />· , kl d ' ... <br />each spr1n er system un er an operat1n~ <br />pressure of about 30-40 psi. The sprinkle~ <br />~ystems were installed between 1987~thrOUqU <br />2003 to improve the previous surfac <br />trrigated systems. At that juncture, i~ <br />was identified that a delivery pipeline <br />~ould be installed such that it woul~ <br />· 'd h 'h ff" F <br />prov1 e enoug water W1t au 1c1enU <br />gravity pressure to operate the s~ri~Kler <br />systems. The investment into thd <br />;prinklers, pumps, and pipelines .were,~aJi <br />that time, the most the producer could <br />invest economically into the irrigatio~ <br />~ystem. Now, with the assistance of th~ <br />Environmental Quality Improvement proqr~ <br />~EQIP), it is deemed feasible by th~ . <br />---yroducer to install the delivery pip~~iqe.~ <br />~s stated earlier, the NRCS was involved <br />with the producer on the development of ~ <br />Lprinkler systems. Economics of thd <br />, . <br />delivery pipelinft_~as_calc~lated_and <br />pr.e.s.en.t.ed also .1 <br /> <br />4 <br />