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Water Supply Design

This provides an estimate of the water flow requirements to replace water lost to evapotranspiration. This can be used to size pumps, water meters, or design irrigation systems.

Learn more about the units used on this page.

Minimum Water Requirements

Peak Crop Watering Rate:

in/month in/day mm/month mm/day

Available Operation Time:

min hr

System Efficiency:

% decimal

Minimum Water Supply Requirements:

gpm/acre lps/ha cfs/acre

 

Total System Capacity Requirements

Calculate the minimum water requirements, then use your irrigated area to find the total capacity requirements for your system.

Irrigated Area:

acre sq. ft. hectare

Total System Capacity Requirements:

gpm cfs lps

 

 

 

 

 

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