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

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

Much of the water released from the dam goes to irrigate crops including almonds, pistachios, oranges, grapes and tomatoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

A single canal system could carry enough water to irrigate an estimated ten thousand acres.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

In its downward course the brook irrigates many water meadows, and to drive the stream out upon them there are great wooden hatches.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Richard Jefferies

More than half of the Colorado River’s water is used for irrigated agriculture, and in recent years the federal government has been effectively subsidizing farmers to leave their water unused.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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

These farmlands around the refuges are now irrigated by > water from Upper Klamath Lake.

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

"Farmers have reported issues with spring crops and have had to start irrigating earlier because of the dry soils," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 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

“Mostly who he talked about, as I understand it,” said Ray Gusdorf, “was Charley Bloom. And of course you, Joe. He said irrigating that beanfield was your idea and his.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols