irrigate

A water source gets contaminated in some way, and that water is then used to irrigate a field.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Built to provide electricity for the southwestern United States and to irrigate Nevada, it was the great cause of Herbert Hoover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Tulare Lake was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, but it was drained to irrigate crops, and has reappeared only occasionally when floodwaters return.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Winemakers in Argentina's wine capital rely on fresh water from the Andes mountains to irrigate their crops.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

“Others will move into the houses over here and begin to irrigate the land. You’ll see. We’re going to buy all this land back one way or another.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

A water system irrigates the plants via a nutrient substrate, a liquid fertiliser that replaces the nutrients and minerals naturally present in the soil.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

Nearby, water pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer irrigates fields of peanuts and cotton.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

And because most pumped groundwater irrigates crops, major declines in availability could lead to a global food crisis.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 25, 2023

The third Brook of Grace irrigates the conative powers of the self; strengthens the will in all perfection, and energises us anew.

From Ruysbroeck by Evelyn Underhill

For golf courses this means the greens and tees can be irrigated but the fairways cannot.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Past outbreaks have occurred when people consumed fruits or vegetables irrigated with water contaminated by faeces.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Janssen explained that 200 units of nitrogen are used per acre of irrigated corn.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

The property features three creeks that “meander through the ranch for over five miles,” as well as irrigated meadows and “historic water rights irrigating 1,200 acres.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

Certainly its presence was enough to account for the damage to crops irrigated with this water.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Italy’s longest river, the Po, is essential for irrigating farmland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

It's essential to the entire operation here: irrigating young plants, spraying fertilizers and plowing the soil.

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology, is part of a broader effort to understand the safety of irrigating crops with municipal wastewater.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

Under the agreement, Riverview will stop irrigating 2,000 acres of crops in phases within 12 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

High above the creek a spring seeps from the cliff face, irrigating a growth of moss and maidenhair fern that hangs from the rock in lush green mats.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer