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• n  supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
• n  (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

• Today drip irrigation waters at least 16,000 sq km of crops in two dozen nations--still less than 1% of all irrigated land.
• For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond--which collects rainwater to be used for emergency irrigation in a dry spell--can make the difference between a .
• Improper irrigation techniques can result in the evaporation of too much water from fields, leaving behind salts that build up in the soil and ultimately leave the land infertile.

News & Articles

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• Klamath Basin irrigation shutoffs coming this week
  GRANTS PASS, Ore.—Oregon state water officials figure they won t start shutting off irrigation in the drought-stricken upper Klamath Basin until later this week.
  June 14, 2013 - The Milpitas Post
• Irrigation districts concerned about refuge expansion
  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will determine whether a plan to nearly triple the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge near Vernalis needs more environmental review after local irrigation districts expressed concern about the impact on farming.
  June 13, 2013 - Patterson Irrigator
• Modesto Irrigation District agrees to water sale to Turlock farmers
  The Turlock Irrigation District got the OK on Tuesday to buy water this year from the Modesto Irrigation District, its neighbor across the Tuolumne River.
  June 11, 2013 - Modesto Bee

Quotes

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• Cristina Narbona in Forbes
  They made a few adjustments to the tees and they did 100 percent irrigation last night so the greens, which they also did not cut, were softer and there was not as much release on the fairways. I believe, if you are going to be fair, you need to be... Greg Norman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Norman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEDUBjxxk0LALKm6t0-Yk56zryOLg Reuters UK http://www.google.com/url?q=http://uk.reuters.com/article/UK_GOLF/idUKL145336620071214&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHsTYNeu-ZVLPcXSE1Hxyg2IcQ3bw Dec 14, 2007 53876 70891 irrigation In almost half of Spain, the irrigation technique used is flooding, which uses up to three or four times more than the water that is necessary," Environment Minister Cristina Narbona said recently.