Water for Generations
NEWBA
Nebraska Water Balance Alliance
​2013 NEWBA Real Time Data Project
Cooperating growers tested new technologies to maximize water use with telemetry that provides real time information on the amount of water a crop is using, irrigation water applied and water available in the soil profile.
Nitrogen movement in the soil was also tracked.
​
​2012 NEWBA Grass Roots Project
​A practical, grass-roots project testing moisture probes, ET gages and weather stations in Central and Western Nebraska.
Click to read the full report.
​
​2010-Today NEWBA Experimental Farm
​It all started on Roric Paulman's Farm where he is testing a wide variety of water saving technologies and processes.
Click to read Don McCabe's article, "The Water Monitor."
​
​2013 NEWBA 30/30 Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) Study
​This study looked at optimizing water application using VRI in 30 degree sectors of a pivot while using traditional irrigation strategies in alternating Grower controlled sectors. Click below for the results of this study.
​2014 NEWBA Advanced Real Time Data Project
Building off last year's data, improvements in real time measures included: Uniform probe calibration using the soil texture triangle, expanded use of on-farm weather stations, addition of pressure guages, improvement in customized dashboards, comparing flow meter readings to power company hours of operation.
​
2016-17 Aquamart is a farm based model for sustainable management
As producers become more adept at water sustainability, planning and management, Aquamart will help develop ag water performance zones across the state.
​
WATER FOR GENERATION PROJECTS