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Water seepage from unlined ditches and reservoirs

authors

Nigel W.T. Quinn
Richard Smith
Charles M. Burt
Tracy S. Slavin
Stuart W. Styles
Amir Mansoubi

publication information

California Agriculture 43(6):9-12. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v043n06p9. November-December 1989.

abstract

Seepage losses in the San Joaquin Valley's Westlands Water District were estimated at 27,000 acre-feet a year, or about 2% of the district's water supply. Ditch configuration and construction techniques appear to influence seepage rates.

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