irrigate

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

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

One of the two canals that irrigate it has been shut because the seawater would enter and damage the crops.

From Barron's ● 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

A network of pumps and pipes then distributes the water across miles of arid land to irrigate the farms that have helped to green the desert.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

Tiwanaku let the water through, but took enough to irrigate more than seven hundred acres of terraces.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

It also irrigates California’s powerful agriculture industry while providing drinking water to 25 million people.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

The same stream which irrigates the fields in the vicinity supplies the people with water for domestic purposes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 by Various

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

Farmers in California’s Imperial Valley receive the largest share of Colorado River water, growing hay for cattle, lettuce, spinach, broccoli and other crops on more than 450,000 acres of irrigated lands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

It has argued that just a 2% reduction in the amount of water it gets from the Nile could result in the loss of 200,000 acres of irrigated land.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

Squatting down beside the front door so that his head was below the agent’s, he said: “That field over there—somebody irrigated it again last night.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

The state’s action will prohibit landowners from irrigating any additional farmland in this part of La Paz County and require those with high-capacity wells to start reporting how much water they use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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

He had the cost of irrigating twice more over the summer due to prolonged hot weather.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

The earliest advance over human muscle power was the use of animals—cattle, horses, and donkeys—to pull plows and to turn wheels for grinding grain, raising water, and irrigating or draining fields.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond