Irrigation Metering

The Texas Water Development Board provides funding to reduce costs for meter equipment through the Agricultural Water Conservation Grant Program. This endeavor is a long-term cost sharing and collaborative effort with participating Groundwater Conservation Districts and other political subdivisions to distribute funds directly to agricultural producers. Precise knowledge of applied water volumes allows producers to track the benefits of best management practices and inform adaptive strategies.

Upon recieving funds for meters, agricultural producers then report metered water use to their funding authority, usually conservation districts. Districts compile reported water use data to monitor production, refine upon groundwater availability models, and improve accuracy of irrigation water use estimates. These estimates provide the basis for developing irrigation demand projections during the regional water planning process.

Since the program's establishment in 1999, TWDB has provided participating entities and agricultural producers with access to cost-share funding for equipment purchases. If you are interested in more information about irrigation metering, please contact TWDB Agricultural Conservation staff.

Irrigation Metering and Water Use Estimates: A Comparative Analysis, 1999 - 2007