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Impact of Excessive Irrigation Water Use

This literature review discusses the excessive use of water for irrigation. While water is essential for agriculture and food production, irrigation accounts for over three-fourths of water consumption in many countries. Most irrigation methods are not water efficient and do not follow technical best practices. As a result, water resources are being depleted and the quality of available water is deteriorating due to runoff of pesticides and insecticides. Improper water management for irrigation risks economic losses and environmental damage if issues are not addressed.

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Impact of Excessive Irrigation Water Use

This literature review discusses the excessive use of water for irrigation. While water is essential for agriculture and food production, irrigation accounts for over three-fourths of water consumption in many countries. Most irrigation methods are not water efficient and do not follow technical best practices. As a result, water resources are being depleted and the quality of available water is deteriorating due to runoff of pesticides and insecticides. Improper water management for irrigation risks economic losses and environmental damage if issues are not addressed.

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LITERATURE REVIEW

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EXCESSIVE USE OF WATER IN IRRIGATION

Water is important on the development in the socio-economy and the healthy ecosystems.
The presence of water in the world gives life to any of the living organisms in the ecosystem. It
is necessary to have water for drinking purposes, food production and for irrigation. In using the
water, agriculture is competing on other society like urban areas and industries. (Folkard Asch)
In reaching the demand of food and fiber in the world, the irrigated agricultural area must
be expanding. (Rhoades). Due to this demand the agriculture needs to produce more crops. We
cannot stop agriculture on using water because it is essential on reaching and supplying on the
demand on foods of the nation. Although they use more than three-fourths of countrys annual
consumption we still need them to satisfy our needs. (14no).
The water that is used in irrigation is not stored for reuse. (14no). Most type of irrigation
was not managed to use water efficiently. Farmers are applying water in irrigation and irrigation
interval that they are applying doesnt follow on the technical criteria. (B. Kendirli, Evaluation of
agricultural water use: A Case study for Kizilirmak, 2007). That is why the available water for
irrigation was decreasing because of the depletion on the water on the rivers and the wells.
(14no).
The effects of misusing of the water for irrigation will be the profit breakdown and the
water will lose its good quality. Because of using insecticides and pesticides in order to eliminate
the insects and pests that are destroying the crops, the water will be polluted. (14no).

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B. Kendirli, B. C. (2007). Evaluation of agricultural water use: A Case study for
Kizilirmak. Tekirdag Agricultural Family , 175-185.
Folkard Asch, A. M. (n.d.). Potential of wastewater use for Jathropha(irrigatio).
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Rhoades, J. D. (n.d.). use of saline water for irrigation. Retrieved december 02,
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