Water and Drought
Agricultural Water Use
Water has become one of the most critical issues affecting agricultural crop production. From 1999 through 2004, the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences embarked on a comprehensive monitoring and modeling program to determine how much water is being used by agriculture in the state. This multi-disciplinary, multi-location project monitored more than 410 permitted withdrawals. More than 38,000 acres were monitored, which represents about 2 percent of the 2.2 million acres of irrigation listed in the permit data base. About 100 educational programs conducted by UGA Cooperative Extension have presented the results to commodity and other groups across the state. Their key message is that farmers are doing their part as good stewards of the resource and demonstrating agriculture's commitment to water conservation. (2006)
Sources
| Name | Department | |
| Kerry Harrison | kharriso@uga.edu | Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
| Gerrit Hoogenboom | gerrit@uga.edu | Biological and Agricultural Engineering |
| James Hook | jimhook@uga.edu | Crop and Soil Sciences |