Concrete Pipe and Slip-formed Ditches For Irrigation in a Northern Region

dc.creator.author	Holmen, Harold
dc.creator.author	Olson, Howard M.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-11-25T19:37:02Z
dc.date.available	2014-11-25T19:37:02Z
dc.date.issued	1971
dc.description	Up to this time, concrete structures had not been extensively in irrigated fields where severe freezing and thawing occurs. However, with the development of lightweight products for the distribution of irrigated waters, the economic feasibility and practicality of concrete was being reconsidered. The article discusses a conducted to study the use of concrete products for conveying irrigation water, three concrete producers became interested in placing some facilities at the Carrington Irrigation Branch Station and provided a grant to initiate this work in 1964. It was concluded that concrete pipe was more expensive to install than slip-formed concrete lining but was more effective in water control and perhaps as economical in the long run. A permanent concrete distribution ditch created problems in tillage at the head of a row crop field and this accounted for a major part of the annual cost of operation. A concrete lined ditch is better suited for conveying than for distributing water.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10365/24447
dc.relation.ispartof	Farm Research; 29:2; Nov/Dec 1971
dc.rights	North Dakota State University	en_US
dc.title	Concrete Pipe and Slip-formed Ditches For Irrigation in a Northern Region	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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