Section 1: Introduction (Intro)
- (Intro. - 1) Purpose of NM Integrated Water Management Handbook
- (Intro. - 2) Using Irrigation Water Efficiently
- (Intro. - 3) NRCS Strategic Plan & Student IWM Class Presentation Format
Section 2: Soil Quality (SQ)
- (SQ - 1) Soil Biology Primer
- (SQ - 2) Simplified Soil Food Web
- (SQ - 3) Living Soil
- (SQ - 4) Soil Dynamics
- (SQ - 5) Nitrogen Cycle
- (SQ - 6) Types of Soil Structure
- (SQ - 7) Soil Quality Considerations: is it Aggrading, Sustaining or Degrading
- (SQ – 8a) Benefits of Conservation Tillage
- (SQ – 8b) Conservation Tillage and Residue Management
- (SQ - 9) Water Erosion Management Considerations – Graphic
- (SQ - 10) Water Erosion Management Considerations (Assessment Guide)
- (SQ - 11) Wind Erosion Management Considerations – Graphic
- (SQ - 12) Wind Erosion Management Considerations (Assessment Guide)
- (SQ – 13) Soil Health
Section 3: Water Quality (WQ)
- (WQ - 1) Irrigation Water Quality Sampling
- (WQ - 2) Soluble Salts
- (WQ - 3) Soil Salinity Reactions
- (WQ - 4) Irrigation Water Salinity & Sodium Adsorption Ratio Assessment Guide
- (WQ - 5) Water Quality Infiltration Assessment Guide
- (WQ - 6) Crop Salt Tolerance Table for NM
- (WQ - 7) Salinity Assessment Guide for Selected Crops
- (WQ - 8) Irrigation Water Quality Gguidelines
- (WQ - 9) Gypsum & Elemental Sulfur Soil Amendment Guide
Section 4: Air Quality (AQ)
- (AQ – 1) Air Quality Considerations for IWM
Section 5: Irrigation Water Management (IWM) Considerations
- (IWM - 1) Planning for IWM
- (IWM - 2) IWM Resource Inventory
- (IWM - 3) Soils Data Interpretation for IWM Planning
- (IWM - 4) Soils: Surface Area
- (IWM - 5) General Relationship Between Soil Water Characteristics and Texture
- (IWM - 6) Irrigation Water Requirement Guide
- (IWM - 7) Average Water Extraction Pattern of Plants Growing in a Soil Without Restrictive Layers.
- (IWM - 8) Gross Crop Irrigation Water Requirement - Planning
- (IWM - 9) Soil Moisture Monitoring Example
- (IWM - 10) Estimating. Soil Moisture by Feel & Appearance
- (IWM - 11) Water Penetration and Movement in Sandy and Clay Loam Soils - Furrows
- (IWM - 12) Furrow IWM
- (IWM - 13) Tensiometers & Electrical Resistance Blocks
- (IWM - 14) Soil Moisture Monitoring & Irrigation Record Keeping Form
- (IWM - 15) Relationship between Soil-Water Retention and Crop Growth
- (IWM -16) Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) & Growing Degree Days (GDD) Guide
- (IWM -17) Graded Border Irrigation Application Efficiency Analysis
- (IWM - 18) QT = DA Calculations for Assessing IWM Requirements
- (IWM - 19) Surface Irrigation Water Management
- (IWM - 20) Field Irrigation Evaluation Example Guide -Form
- (IWM - 21) Soils Intake Guide
Section 6: Irrigation Systems (IS)
- (IS - 1) Irrigation System Planning & Design Considerations
- (IS - 2) Choosing an Irrigation System
- (IS - 3) Subsurface Drip Irrigation
- (IS - 4) Acequia Community Ditches
- (IS - 5) Center Pivots
- (IS - 6) Irrigation Water Conveyance - Pipeline
- (IS - 7) Concrete Lined Ditch
- (IS - 8) High Flow Turnouts
- (IS – 9) Canal and Ditch Turnout Capacity
- (IS - 10) Water Measuring Methods
- (IS - 11) Energy Use & IWM
- (IS - 12) Economics & IWM
Section 7: Nutrient Management (NM)
- (NM - 1) Nutrient Management & IWM Planning
- (NM - 2) How to Collect Soil Samples & Why Soil Tests are Important
- (NM - 3) Soil Fertility Interpretation Guide/Form
- (NM - 4) Developing a Basic Nitrogen Budget
- (NM – 5) Nutrient Management Job Sheet (590)
- (NM - 6) Nitrogen Fertilizers
- (NM - 7) IWM to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency
- (NM - 8) Phosphorus Cycle
- (NM - 9) Phosphorus Index - Graphic
- (NM - 10) Phosphorus Management (Using the P Index Rating)
- (NM - 11) Manure Management
- (NM - 12) Effluent Irrigation Guide
Section 8: Pest Management (PM)
- (PM - 1) Pest Management & IWM Planning
Section 9: Case Study (CS) Development
- (CS - 1) Watershed Approach
- (CS - 2) Farm Record Form (case study)
Section 10: Class Presentations (CP)
- Integrating IWM into All aspects of Planning Comprehensive Cropping Systems - (30 minute presentations; 4-students per group presentation)
Section 11: References (R)
- (R - 1) Table of Important Equations, Relationships & Concepts used in IWM
- (R - 2) Why Salinity Management is Important
- (R - 3) How to access NM Crop Consumptive Use Requirements
- (R - 4) Additional Engineering & Irrigation Resources
- (R - 5) Using IWM to Achieve Energy Conservation
- (R – 6) Potassium Cycle
- (R – 7) Runoff Class Based on Field Slope and Permeability Class
- (R – 8) Measurement of Soluble Salts
- (R – 9) Glossary
- (R-10) Comparing Irrigation Systems
Section 12: Field Demonstrations (FD)
- (FD - 1) Field Day Activities
Section 13: Other (O)

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New Mexico Integrated Water Management Handbook

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