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NYTimes: Farm Subsidies Leading to More Water Use

Posted Mon, 2013/06/17 - 9:09am by RCAP

A June 6 article in The New York Times reports that millions of dollars in federal subsidies to help farmers buy better irrigation systems to conserve water is having the exact opposite effect. New studies show many farmers are misusing the money and are using even more water, the newspaper reports. This is affecting aquifers.

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EPA’s WaterSense program to label innovative watering technology

Posted Tue, 2011/11/08 - 12:49pm by RCAP

Weather-based irrigation controllers can help save 110 billion gallons of water and $410 million per year on utility bills

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense program announced Nov. 3 that irrigation controllers will soon be the first outdoor product eligible to earn the WaterSense label.