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• Board Meeting Date: 5/21/2008
• Description: IWMD Section - Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods - Arkansas and South Platte Basins Competitive Grant Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Provided below is a summary of the applicant's scope of work.
Phase (Task 1)-Identify and evaluate the "feasible set" of cropping systems, including
rotational cropping.
• Identify and evaluate the "feasible set" of cropping systems, including rotational
cropping
• Identification of Farms
• Installation of Linear Sprinklers
• Development of Research Objectives
Phase (Task) 2-Scientifically document water savings/profitability through
demonstration, basic research and replication
• On-Farm Demonstrations
• Controlled Research
• Data Analyses
• Annual Public Field Days
• Final Report
Phase (Task 3)-Farmer Survey and Regional Economic Impact Model
• Survey of Irrigation Prefences
• Survey Analyses
• Regional Economic Impacts Analysis
• Presentation of Results
Phase (Task) 4-Administration, Quantification and Monitoring CU Water Savings
• Administrative Procedures to Quantify CU--Remote Sensing of ET
• Basin Scale Impacts of Leasing and Rotational Fallowing Scenarios
• Presentations
• ET Maps
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