Sentences with phrase «into drip irrigation»

Water management was high priority, so Niven looked into drip irrigation.

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Drip irrigation is the watering system of choice here, as it makes good use of the expensive water, it gets right into the soil, and the leaves don't get wet.

Drip irrigation — plastic tubing to water the trees» roots — would minimize the amount of water lost to evaporation and seepage into sandy soils, allowing trees to prosper in areas that are parched today.

The conventional approach — the center - pivot sprinklers that create alienlike green crop circles in the middle of brown deserts (easily visible when flying overhead)-- is extremely wasteful, spraying water into the air where a major fraction evaporates... In a typical drip - irrigation setup, long sections of narrow tubing laid at the bottom of plants sown in a row deliver water directly to the roots.

Webber, in his article, also provides some excellent insights into innovative farming techniques like drip irrigation, which yields «more crop per drop» and in the process, conserves water and the energy required to pump it.

To reduce costs associated with water, Coldwell Banker Commercial is installing irrigation drip systems with landscape designs that incorporate rocks, plants and shrubs indigenous to the region into what is called «xeriscaping.»

Drip irrigation systems help conserve water better than sprays, which often throw into the air haphazardly, says Jim Drzewiecki of Ginkgo Leaf Studio in Cedarburg, Wisc..