Planting cover crops, trees, and complementary crops in the same field can help retain both water and nutrients in soil. Doing these things can also provide drought protection and help irrigation and farming be better at water resource management
Gravity-flow systems and irrigation systems can be used for more efficient water use, depending on where they are used, the type of soil, weather, and costs. Water flow meters can be used to measure and control the amount of water used for irrigation.
The use of weather apps might be helpful, because you can get more specific and very up-to-date information about changing conditions, so you can fine tune your irrigation equipment to better manage your overall water resources. Not only can water be saved, but so can electricity and wear on your systems. A new system which employs sensors reportedly can reduce a farm’s water consumption by about 10%.
Conservation tillage, and using compost and cover for crops can save water as well, and these efforts do not usually require a great deal of extra knowledge or an unreasonable amount of effort. No-till and strip-till farming reduces soil erosion, which in turn decreases runoff into streams and rivers, so water quality in these ecosystems is protected. Other measures are minimum soil disturbance, crop rotation, and uniform plant spacing.
Recycling water, whenever possible, can save a lot of it and doing so is better for your local environment. Excessive runoff can pollute land because farm waste and human-made chemicals are often in it. They can wreak havoc on ecological systems and contaminate natural water sources like creeks, streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes. Groundwater supplies need to be