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Mar 1971
Public Irrigation Systems in Puerto Rico
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General information is presented concerning the circumstances and conditions under which public irrigation in Puerto Rico has evolved and the role it plays in the island's agricultural and economic development. Emphasis is placed on a number of operation and maintenance problems encountered in the administration of three public irrigation systems. Farm sizes, land tenure and farm irrigation methods and practices are described. The experience acquired in the control of aquatic and emergent weed growth in irrigation canals by chemical means is analyzed together with the methods used in the application of Aqualin, Dalapon and Sylvex herbicides. Reference is made to a program for maintenance of dams established with technical assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Reservoir sedimentation and the consequent loss of storage and water control capacity in the South Coast irrigation system are also analyzed with alternate solutions studied.
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Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 97 • Issue 1 • March 1971
Pages: 109 - 122
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Rafael Reyes Garcia, M.ASCE
Gen. Mgr., Irrigation Services, Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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