New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 90 - STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Subchapter 2 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT COST SHARING: ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Section 2:90-2.15 - Irrigation systems
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:90-2.15
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Irrigation water systems which conserve irrigation water, improve water quality and management, control erosion, and reduce the pollution of water on land from agricultural non-point sources may be applied on land for which an adequate supply of water is available and on which irrigation will be continued for agricultural and horticultural purposes.
(b) The following types of practices are approved for irrigation systems:
1. Permanently installed systems, mainlines, and
wells.
2. Land leveling. (This may be
authorized as a single component for performance during a program year if it is part
of a reorganizing plan which includes other components. The other required
components must be carried out in other years with or without
cost-sharing.)
3. Tailwater recovery
systems or other installations for the conservation of soil or water where needed as
an integral part of the irrigation system.
4. Where existing systems are converted to, or new
systems are installed for trickle or similar low volume, low-loss systems,
cost-sharing is authorized for pumping, filtering and application equipment where
such components are permanently installed.
(c) The following special conditions are applicable to irrigation systems:
1. Cost-sharing
is not authorized for:
i. Portable pipe or any
other normally portable equipment.
ii.
Pipe installed in the well (other than casing), pumps, and pumping equipment except
as specified in (b)4 above.
iii.
Installation of power supplies.
iv.
Sprinklers or other above-ground water application equipment except as specified in
(b)4 above.
2. Consideration
must be given to the needs of wildlife, preserving or enhancing the appearance of
the area, and potential pollution hazards.
3. Cost-sharing is authorized for land leveling as
the sole component if it is a needed part of the plan for the reorganization of the
system.
(d) The system shall be maintained for a minimum of eight years following calendar year of installation.
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