**[New Mexico Integrated Water Management Handbook]{.mark}**

**[Table of Contents:]{.underline}**

**[Section 1: Introduction (Intro)]{.underline}**

-   **(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)]{.underline}**

-   **(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**

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-   **(SQ - 9) Water Erosion Management Considerations -- Graphic**

-   **(SQ - 10) Water Erosion Management Considerations (Assessment
    Guide)**

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-   **(SQ - 11) Wind Erosion Management Considerations -- Graphic**

-   **(SQ - 12) Wind Erosion Management Considerations (Assessment
    Guide)**

-   **(SQ -- 13) Soil Health**

**[Section 3: Water Quality (WQ)]{.underline}**

-   **(WQ - 1) Irrigation Water Quality Sampling**

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-   **(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**

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-   **(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)]{.underline}**

-   **(AQ -- 1) Air Quality Considerations for IWM**

**[Section 5: Irrigation Water Management (IWM)
Considerations]{.underline}**

-   **(IWM - 1) Planning for IWM**

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-   **(IWM - 2) IWM Resource Inventory**

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-   **(IWM - 3) Soils Data Interpretation for IWM Planning**

-   **(IWM - 4) Soils: Surface Area**

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-   **(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**

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-   **(IWM - 9) Soil Moisture Monitoring Example**

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-   **(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**

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-   **(IWM - 13) Tensiometers & Electrical Resistance Blocks**

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-   **(IWM - 14) Soil Moisture Monitoring & Irrigation Record**
    K**eeping Form**

-   **(IWM - 15) Relationship between Soil-Water Retention and Crop
    Growth**

-   **(IWM -16) Crop Evapotranspiration (ETc) & Growing Degree Days
    (GDD) Guide**

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-   **(IWM -17) Graded Border Irrigation Application Efficiency
    Analysis**

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-   **(IWM - 18) QT = DA Calculations for Assessing IWM Requirements**

-   **(IWM - 19) Surface Irrigation Water Management**

-   **(IWM - 20) Field Irrigation Evaluation Example Guide -Form**

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-   **(IWM - 21) Soils Intake Guide**

**[Section 6: Irrigation Systems (IS)]{.underline}**

-   **(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)]{.underline}**

-   **(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)**

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-   **(NM - 6) Nitrogen Fertilizers**

-   **(NM - 7) IWM to Increase Nitrogen Use Efficiency**

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-   **(NM - 8) Phosphorus Cycle**

-   **(NM - 9) Phosphorus Index - Graphic**

-   **(NM - 10) Phosphorus Management (Using the P Index Rating)**

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-   **(NM - 11) Manure Management**

-   **(NM - 12) Effluent Irrigation Guide**

**[Section 8: Pest Management (PM)]{.underline}**

-   **(PM - 1) Pest Management & IWM Planning**

**[Section 9: Case Study (CS) Development]{.underline}**

-   **(CS - 1) Watershed Approach**

-   **(CS - 2) Farm Record Form (case study)**

**[Section 10: Class Presentations (CP)]{.underline}**

-   **Integrating IWM into All aspects of Planning Comprehensive
    Cropping Systems - (30 minute presentations; 4-students per group
    presentation)**

**[Section 11: References (R)]{.underline}**

-   **(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)]{.underline}**

-   **(FD - 1) Field Day Activities**

**[Section 13: Other (O)]{.underline}**

**April 16. 2008**