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Irrigation is a growing production technology
Noel
Gollehon
Irrigated agriculture
is distributed across the Nation. While
the West still has the greatest number
of irrigated acres, regions in the East—particularly
the Mississippi Delta and areas of the
Southeast—now rival the density
of historically irrigated areas in the
West. Increased irrigation in relatively
humid Eastern regions has heightened
water supply concerns, especially during
dry years and in locations experiencing
fast growth in water use. Water supply
limitations are no longer viewed as
a “Western” issue in areas
where irrigated agriculture is a major
water user.
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