Ministry of Agriculture and Lands
Environmental Farm Planning
Irrigation System Assessment Guide
The Irrigation System Assessment Guide assists B.C. farmers and ranchers to optimize water use, thereby improving water management during times of drought, long-term climate change, and competing uses of the water resource.
This Guide has been prepared to assist farmers and
ranchers to improve their farm operations with respect to water
management, and implement beneficial irrigation management
practices. Examples are provided for all applicable irrigation
assessments throughout this publication, and blank worksheets are
also appended for self-evaluation.
The Irrigation System Assessment Guide encourages long-term
commitment to a sustainable, environmentally-sound and
economically-viable agriculture industry in British Columbia.
It is one of a number of publications prepared to support the implementation of
the Canada - BC Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) Program.
Download the Irrigation System Assessment Guide by using the links below. These various section of the Guide are in Adobe PDF format.
- Introduction (PDF, 118KB)
- Table of Contents (PDF, 109KB)
- How to Use this Publication (PDF, 275KB)
- Introduction to an Irrigation System Assessment (PDF, 160KB)
- Climate (PDF, 685KB)
- Basic Irrigation System Assessment (PDF, 2005KB)
- Irrigation System Operational Assessment (PDF, 728KB)
- Appendix A - Unit Conversions (PDF, 111KB)
- Appendix B - Sprinkler and Gun Nozzle Specifications (PDF, 247KB)
- Appendix C - Blank Worksheets (PDF, 1246KB)
- Appendix D - Publications and Website (PDF, 116KB)
- Appendix E - Glossary (PDF, 140KB)
