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Access to Efficiency: Conserving Water Q&A With Blake Osborn
2017-06-22 17:02:17| National Farmers Union
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern Blake Osborn is a water resources specialist at Colorado State University (CSU) Extension in Pueblo, CO. On Tuesday, June 20, we had the opportunity to discuss how beginning farmers can conserve water. Q: For a beginning farmer, what are the first steps to ensure you are conserving water? A: In […]
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Access to Efficiency: Water Rights Q&A With Harrison Topp
2017-06-08 22:24:08| National Farmers Union
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern Earlier this week, we briefly discussed what the prior appropriation system is and its unique characteristics. To give beginning farmers a better idea of the practical application of prior appropriation, we reached out to a farmer on the western slope of Colorado. Harrison Top manages a peach farm and is looking […]
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Access to Efficiency: Water & Prior Appropriation
2017-06-06 22:37:05| National Farmers Union
By Steven Emmen, NFU Intern It would be very difficult to be a successful farmer without adequate access to water. Depending on the topography of the region and the basin that a farmer is diverting from, they will face vastly different issues when acquiring water. When managing water resources there are two things to always remember: the […]
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Thirst for power: improving water efficiency in coal-fired power plants
2016-06-15 01:00:00| Power Technology
From China to India and South Africa, coal-fired power plants are being linked to water shortages and collectively consume enough water to meet the needs of one billion people worldwide. What can be done to improve water efficiency in the ever-thirst
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Water Efficiency this Holiday Season
2015-12-16 18:19:29| PortlandOnline
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