We're fortunate in British Columbia to have easy access to great irrigation advice and information, almost all of it for free. As the climate heats up and more droughts loom, it's more important than ever to take a look and apply what we learn to our farms.

Here, we'll review the major design guides, factsheets, and online maps and calculators that can help everyone irrigate better in BC.

Produced in 2021

CONTENTS:

00:00 BC's Best Irrigation Resources
00:20 Online Calculators
00:42 Water Use Calculator
00:59 BC Ag Water Calc
01:18 Climate Change
01:53 IIABC Scheduling Calculator
02:09 Irrigation Fundamentals
02:39 Irrigation Design Manuals
03:10 "Irrigate Better" Webinar
03:28 Mapping
03:43 Soil Information Finder Tool
04:05 Farmwest Weather Stations
04:18 DataBC Catalogue
04:30 QGIS
04:39 iMapBC
04:51 Factsheets
05:10 Drought Management
05:49 Costs of Bad Irrigation
06:06 Scheduling Video Series


LINKS & RESOURCES:

"Farm Water Fix" — 12-video series produced by Andrew Bennett with the Climate Change Adaptation Program:    • Farm Water Fix Series (Irrigation)  

"Irrigate Better with Bruce Naka" — 4-part webinar produced by Andrew Bennett with the Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors:    • Irrigate Better! — webinar series  


BC Agriculture Water Calculators: https://bcwatercalculator.ca/home

Water Licensing Webinar:    • Video  

BC Irrigation Manuals and Factsheets: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...

BC Irrigation Management Guide: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...

BC Irrigation System Assessment Guide: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...

BC Sprinkler Irrigation Manual: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...

BC Trickle Irrigation Manual: [Purchase from IIABC, below]

BC Ministry of Agriculture Water Factsheets: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...

BC Ministry of Agriculture Drought Management Factsheets (2015): https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id...


iMapBC: https://maps.gov.bc.ca/ess/hm/imap4m/

DataBC Catalogue: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/

QGIS: https://www.qgis.org/en/site/

Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT): https://governmentofbc.maps.arcgis.co...

Farmwest: https://farmwest.com/

Irrigation Industry Association of BC (IIABC): https://www.irrigationbc.com/

IIABC Agriculture Irrigation Calculator: https://ag-calc.irrigationbc.com/


BC Climate Change Adaptation Program Tools & Resources Library: https://bcclimatechangeadaptation.ca/...

Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors (KBFA): https://www.kbfa.ca/

Environmental Farm Plan Program (EFP): https://iafbc.ca/environmental-farm-p...


Bruce Naka, Sound Water Advise: brucenaka (at) gmail.com — Okanagan region

Andrew Bennett, Living Lands Agroecology: andrew (at) livinglands.ca — Kootenay & Boundary region