irrigation
Example Sentences
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It built the local police station, an elementary school and the irrigation system in Rarotonga.
He later sued the irrigation district in a dispute over water rights.
From Los Angeles Times
Farmers who didn't have irrigation systems would have suffered and those who could water their crops would have had higher electricity and fuel costs, he says.
From BBC
Jiang says farmers in the Midwest may need to focus on soil moisture conservation, irrigation efficiency and strategic timing of planting to limit the risk of compounding drought effects.
From Science Daily
The water that flows down irrigation canals to some of the West’s biggest expanses of farmland comes courtesy of the federal government for a very low price — even, in some cases, for free.
From Los Angeles Times
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