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