Irrigation
The necessity to supplement rainfall is common especially for agriculture. In many climates, rainfall is not only unpredictable but is concentrated in only a few months of the year.
Especially in California's agricultural region, irrigation is a major water use and has become a focus of water conservation and efficiency.
Irrigation is also a huge contributor to dry weather runoff and pesticide contamination of groundwater.
Methods of irrigation include:
-Drip
-Flood
-Spray
-Sources