Water systems

News

• New or expanding livestock operations need to assess water needs
  Thursday, January 17, 2013
  COLUMBIA, Mo.–Producers who plan to start or expand a livestock operation need to think about water before moving forward.
• Major factors for horticulture irrigation are water and time
  Friday, January 4, 2013
  MARSHFIELD, Mo.– There are a number of things to consider when making decisions on irrigating horticulture crops, but the most important is determining water needs based on the mature crops, says Bob Schultheis, a University of Missouri Extension natural resource engineering specialist in Webster County.

Websites

Browse these University of Missouri websites:

• AgEBB: Missouri Irrigation

Publications

• EQ381, Water Quality for Livestock Drinking
• G1500, Choosing Terrace Systems
• G1501, Operating and Maintaining Underground Outlet Terrace Systems
• G1503, Operating and Maintaining Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems
• G1504, Maintaining Grassed Waterways
• G1506, Design Criteria for Diversions
• G1507, Design Criteria for Cross-Slope Channels
• G1509, Controlling Runoff and Erosion at Urban Construction Sites
• G1510, Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways
• G1514, Design Criteria for Formless Concrete Flumes
• G1518, Estimating Peak Rates of Runoff From Small Watersheds
• G1520, Discharge Capacity Tables for Canopy, Hood, Morning Glory and Drop Inlet Spillways
• G1521, Volume of Earth in Embankments
• G1528, Design Criteria for Debris Basins
• G1530, Operation of a Bottom Withdrawal (Lake Cleaning) Spillway
• G1531, Design Criteria for Bottom-Withdrawal (Lake-Cleaning) Spillway
• G1548, Maintaining Small Dams
• G1555, Reducing Pond Seepage
• G1562, Estimating Soil Erosion for Conservation Planning
• G1570, Estimating Residue: Line Transect Method
• G1606, Culverts and Flood Gates
• G1630, Soil Compaction: The Silent Thief
• G1641, Land Grading for Irrigation: Design and Construction
• G1681, Measuring Irrigation Water in a Ditch, Stream or Reservoir
• G1695, Electrical Safety for Center Pivot Irrigation Systems
• G1800, Sources for Farm and Home Water Supply
• G1801, How to Size a Farm and Home Water System
• G1805, A System for Pond Water Purification
• G1895, Collecting and Preserving Waste and Wastewater Samples for Analysis
• G1927, Spin-Through Flush Tank
• MWPS14, Private Water Systems Handbook
• MWPS30, Sprinkler Irrigation Systems

You may be interested in these related publications:

• CB1, Agriculture Guide Book
• CB3, Binder of MU Agricultural Guides G100 - G1999
• EQ380, Pumps and Watering Systems for Managed Beef Grazing
• G1161, All-Weather Concrete Stock Tank
• M157, Missouri Grazing Manual
• NRAES133, Production of Vegetables, Strawberries, and Cut Flowers Using Plasticulture