The Center Pivot Water Conservation Project helps center pivot irrigation operators reduce water consumption.

• Irrigators learn to be more efficient in how they use rain and stored soil moisture
• Irrigators are more efficient in how they use pivots to supplement what Mother Nature provides
• Irrigators learn to properly manage and maintain pivot systems

This all adds up to better use of our water resources and more profit for every acre-foot pumped.

The project is a partnership between the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension, Valmont Irrigation of Valley, Reinke Manufacturing Co. of Deshler, T-L Irrigation Co. of Hastings, Lindsay Corp. of Lindsay, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, and the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
Education is delivered by UNL Extension specialists and educators.

Read a full news release.

Project Description: The Center Pivot Water Conservation Project is a three-year educational project conducted statewide with special emphasis on the Republican River Basin and Platte River Basin upstream of Kearney, Nebr.

Goal: To maximize the benefit of a constrained water supply, and to help center pivot irrigators apply water more efficiently.

Year 1 Topics:

•  Selecting Sprinkler Packages (Link to related UNL Extension publications, NebGuides)
  
•  Irrigation Pump Evaluation - A simplified method to evaluate the need for pumping plant repairs or replacement.
  Tools:
  
  The Nebraska Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network (NAWMDN)
  Resources include ETgage® site weekly data, reference ET, instructions, and tools.
  
  Water Optimizer: A decision support tool for producers with limited water

• Reducing the Cost of Pumping Irrigation Water — Watch a 40 minute video by Derrel Martin:
  
  

  Watch a 40 minute video by Derrel Martin-the player will show up here.