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Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Bernard Cardenas, Grady L. Miller, and Dorota Z. Haman


Release Date: 11/13/2024

Water Resources

Abstract

This publication summarizes a study whose objectives were to determine the amount of residential irrigation water use in central Florida, and to evaluate if combinations of irrigation scheduling and landscape/irrigation design could reduce irrigation water application. Written by Melissa B. Haley, Michael D. Dukes, Bernard Cardenas, Grady L. Miller, and Dorota Z. Haman, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, revised September 2024.

About this Publication

This document is ABE 355, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2005. Revised September 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Melissa B. Haley, former graduate research assistant, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Michael D. Dukes, professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Bernard Cardenas, research coordinator, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Grady L. Miller, professor, Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University; and Dorota Z. Haman, professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Michael Dukes
Michael Dukes
Specialist
University of Florida

director, UF/IFAS Nutrient Management Program, associate dean for special initiatives, UF/IFAS Extension, professor, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and director, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Gainesville, FL

Bernardo Cardenas-Laihacar
Bernardo Cardenas-Laihacar
staff
University of Florida

research coordinator, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication

Dorota Haman
Dorota Haman
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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