irrigate

Example Sentences

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Officials plan to install new screens to keep the fish from getting into the other canals that send water to irrigate agriculture.

From Seattle Times

When developers wanted to use the water they'd just acquired on former farmland, they could fallow the irrigated fields and start pumping water into their subdivisions and power plants, fueling further housing expansion.

From Salon

“In the near future,” he says, “we might need to irrigate the tree.”

From Scientific American

When pokkali is grown, salt water is pushed out and farmers use rain water to irrigate their crops.

From Seattle Times

But over time, settlers dammed and diverted waterways to irrigate crops, and the lake went dry.

From Seattle Times