Exploring other sources of information
Water quantity-related subjects
Supplemental references: Irrigation — selecting an appropriate system
Articles and books
- Brouwer, C., A. Goffeau, and M. Heibloem. 1985. Irrigation Water Management Training Manual No. 1: Introduction to Irrigation. Available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/R4082E/R4082E00.htm
- Brouwer, C., K. Prins, M. Kay, and M. Heibloem. 1988. Irrigation Water Management: Irrigation Methods. Available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/S8684E/S8684E00.htm
- Choate, Richard B., and James A. Watkins. 1994. Turf Irrigation Manual: The Complete Guide to Turf and Landscape Irrigation Systems, 5th edition. Weather-matic Division of Telsco Industries, Dallas, Texas, 396 pp.
- Grounds Maintenance Magazine, 2004. Turf and Landscape Digest, 2004 Edition. Available online at http://www.grounds-mag.com/turf/digest/
- Haman, Dorota Z., and Forrest T. Izuno. 1989. Principles of micro irrigation. Available online at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/WI007
- Hitchmough, James D. 1994. Urban Landscape Management. Inkata Press, Sydney, Australia, 594 pp.
- Hla, Aung K., and Thomas F. Scherer. 2003. Introduction to micro-irrigation. North Dakota State University Extension Service. Available online at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ageng/irrigate/ae1243.pdf
- Madison, John H. 1964. Irrigation systems and procedures, California Turfgrass Culture, volume 14, no. 1. Available online at http://ucrturf.ucr.edu/publications/CTC/ctc_authorindex_all.htm
- Rainbird Corporation. 2001. Landscape Irrigation Design Manual. Available online at http://www.rainbird.com/landscape/technical/index.htm
- Smith, Stephen. 1996. Landscape Irrigation: Design and Management. Wiley, 240 pp.
Organizations
- The website of the Irrigation Association, located at http://www.irrigation.org/, provides links for downloading a number of valuable articles and manuals. The site also provides an online bookstore from which various irrigation-related books and manuals may be ordered.