programs for water and energy efficiency technical assistance and cost-share opportunities from the...
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Programs for Water and Energy Efficiency
Technical Assistance and Cost-share Opportunities from the Natural
Resources Conservation Service
March 2010
Technical assistance
• 75 years of on-farm conservation
• On-farm evaluation, site specific recommendations
• Confidential
• Non-regulatory
March 2010
Technical assistance
• Design Irrigation Water Management plan
• Evaluate risk of pesticide loss
• Design buffers and sediment traps
• Nutrient Management planning, including animal waste
• Grazing management
• Develop Farm or Ranch Water Quality Plan
March 2010
Cost-share opportunities
• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
• Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)
• EQIP Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG(b)- Air Quality)
• Flat rate payment, intended to cover 50% of cost
March 2010
Practices eligible for cost-share
• Upgrade irrigation systems– Furrow or flood to drip or sprinkler; open ditch
to pipeline
• Irrigation Water Management
• Tailwater Return Systems
• Sediment Traps
• Filter Strips, Vegetated Ditches
March 2010
Irrigation systems
March 2010
Practices eligible for cost-share
• Upgrade irrigation systems– Furrow or flood to drip or sprinkler; open ditch
to pipeline
• Irrigation Water Management
• Tailwater Return Systems
• Sediment Traps
• Filter Strips, Vegetated Ditches
March 2010
Irrigation Water Management
March 2010
Practices eligible for cost-share
• Upgrade irrigation systems– Furrow or flood to drip or sprinkler; open ditch
to pipeline
• Irrigation Water Management
• Tailwater Return Systems
• Sediment Traps
• Filter Strips, Vegetated Ditches
March 2010
Sediment traps and tailwater ponds
March 2010
Practices eligible for cost-share
• Upgrade irrigation systems– Furrow or flood to drip or sprinkler; open ditch
to pipeline
• Irrigation Water Management
• Tailwater Return Systems
• Sediment Traps
• Filter Strips, Vegetated Ditches
March 2010
Filter Strips, Vegetated Ditches
Air Quality and Energy
• New program in 2008 Farm Bill
• Air quality concerns from agriculture
• Focus on diesel engine emissions
• Replace old, uncontrolled engines with best available pollution controlled engines
• Electric, Tier III-certified diesel are preferred
March 2010
Irrigation pump diesel to electric
March 2010
Off-road equipment replacement
March 2010
March 2010
Woodland Field Office
221 West Court St., Suite 1
(corner of West Court and Cottonwood)
(530) 662-2037 ext. 3