The plants are watered by a drip
irrigation system using rain and condensate water collected in re-purposed storage containers.
These irrigation systems use the data collected by [1] the company's GPS technology to control the water dispersal with precision so that no tree receives too much or not enough water.
Not exact matches
Using a wide array of data from sensors in the soil along with satellite imagery and weather forecasts, the company designed a «personalized»
irrigation system for each block of vines, greatly reducing water consumption and increasing output.
For profit impact Increasing yield
using an
irrigation system will allow smallholders to move away from substistence farming and become truly commercial.
Our water management
system in India utilizes three on - site water wells for landscape
irrigation and includes our own water reclamation facility to recycle all water
used at the site.
Lindsay Corporation (LNN) designs, manufactures and sells
irrigation systems primarily
used in the agricultural sector.
For the last two years, we have been
using a quite clever
irrigation system by Beckmann, a German greenhouse manufacturer.
Sterman Masser
uses innovative quality control technology in its production process, including the
use of center pivot
irrigation systems that conserve water and effectively water potatoes and corn.
Water Efficiency: 85 % of growers
used micro-
irrigation systems to target
irrigation, optimize water
use and conservation
The almond growers will also
use sand filters that keep
irrigation systems at a constant pressure and flush particles that can cause blockages and inefficiency.
Yalumba is enforcing a change in the
irrigation technology
used by its growers from broadacre
systems, which provide water to large swathes of land, to microsystems, which target specific areas, ensuring each drop of water counts.
As master gardener George Brookbank advises: «
Use a drip
irrigation system like you would any other
irrigation system — don't expect too much from it.»
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.
«This was a rainfed farming
system with no
irrigation, located in a region with abundant rainfall, and the impacts of
using that water are very low.
Marie Winfield, who has been advocating for improvements at Thomas Jefferson Park, proposed
using some of the funds to install an
irrigation system throughout the park and upgrade the local dog run.
Not very appealing,» says Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. «Treated sewage may be
used in certain water
systems that then are
used for
irrigation.
Because tomato plants are typically grown in hot, dry climates, they are watered
using irrigation systems that draw from the same locations as human drinking water.
Punjab is also home to an intricate network of
irrigation and water management
systems designed for crop
use, energy production and flood control.
The turnaround started in 2007, when low - flow toilets and showerheads were installed nationwide and the national water authority built innovative water treatment
systems that recapture 86 percent of the water that goes down the drain and
use it for
irrigation — vastly more than the second - most - efficient country in the world, Spain, which recycles 19 percent.
«In order to reap the benefits, we would need people to be aware of the appropriate amount of water, or else
use sensors or smart
irrigation systems, which are a good idea anyway.»
A web - based
irrigation system developed by researchers at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences saved 21 percent in water
use without reducing growth of container - grown landscape plants, a new study shows.
While half of the park will
use a traditional sprinkler - type watering
system (right), NMSU will oversee the other half of the park, on which a subsurface drip
irrigation system has been installed (left).
«Soil moisture sensors can be
used along with an automated
irrigation system to irrigate when substrate volumetric water content drops below a set threshold, allowing for precise
irrigation control and improved water conservation compared with traditional
irrigation practices,» Bayer said.
Using satellite imaging and drone reconnaissance, archaeologists from Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an ancient
irrigation system that allowed a farming community in arid northwestern China to raise livestock and cultivate crops in one of the world's driest desert climates.
By contrast, the «tuntian»
irrigation systems — introduced by the Han Dynasty at the Xinjiang communities of Milan and Loulan —
used longer, wider and deeper straight - line channels to irrigate much larger areas, with one irrigating more than 12,000 acres.
When I built the garden beds, I installed a drip
irrigation system, and it
uses half the water the sprinkler
system used for the lawn.
Outside of looking into alternatives like AstroTurf or stonescaping, homeowners can
use smart
irrigation systems to reduce their water waste.
While almonds are, by nature, a very water - intensive crop, our partner farm
uses sustainable and highly efficient
irrigation systems to grow and sustain healthy, productive trees.
The facility received LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, as it has more than 20,000 solar panels, a rainwater harvesting
system with up to 400,000 gallons to
use in
irrigation, and drought resistant plants.
Persia
used a qanat
system of
irrigation which is essentially a gently sloping
system of channels, situated underground,
used to divert water from aquifers as needed.
Our water management
system in India utilizes three on - site water wells for landscape
irrigation and includes our own water reclamation facility to recycle all water
used at the site.
Did you
use a home automation
system to automate your grow lights and
irrigation of your marijuana plants?
Use of the
irrigation system is limited due to the water features at the children's park.
The open - air Sentido Norte Restaurant & Lounge has a seasonal menu constructed from local ingredients, and the hotel, which incorporates sustainability at various levels,
uses LED lights, paperless check - in, 100 % biodegradable laundry products, a drip
irrigation system, and an aggressive recycling program.
The terracing
system was
used during Inca times for growing potatoes, maize and cereals crops that needed
irrigation in the dry highlands.
The city — like all other Inca cities — utilizes a brilliant
irrigation system that
uses streams and gravity to water the terraces.
In the grounds of the inn, no herbicides, fungicides or pesticides are
used, there is a hand - installed drip
irrigation system and the ponds are kept clean
using a
system of natural rock filters with no chemical additives.
This center is
using independent septic
system that recycles water into the
irrigation of our gardens.
«Subak» is the Balinese name
used for the water
irrigation system and which was developed in 9th century.
It
uses independent septic
system that recycles water into the
irrigation of our gardens and
uses energy saving light bulbs for the electricity.
The Civic Development
Systems let players develop their domains by
using facilities, farming,
irrigation, and more while exploiting trade routes can improve production rates and resources.
With a basic hydroponic
system, the roots are generally growing through a material such as perlite, rock wool, or clay pellets, and are bathed with water several times a day
using some variety of ebb - and - flow
irrigation.
By running the
irrigation lines with built - in reverse osmosis membranes underground, the proposed
irrigation system would
use the pressure gradient supplied by the plants» roots to desalinize the water without the high amount of energy consumption usually associated with desalination.
For more on efficient water
use in agriculture in dry regions, click back to my post on the pioneering work on drip
irrigation by Daniel Hillel and read about how solar - powered pumping
systems and drip
irrigation are improving incomes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
So we economize on the
use of water by
using low cost drip
irrigation application
systems, and creating breakthroughs in lowering filter friction, pipe friction, and pump energy losses through a
system design approach in which each component contributes optimally to the efficiency and affordability of the total
system.
Looking back in history, the construction site
used to be the fertile region of Valencia since the time of the arabs, with clever
irrigation systems, orchards and vegetable gardens.
Institutional shifts — specifically, moving the responsibility for managing
irrigation systems from government agencies to local water users associations — can facilitate the more efficient
use of water.
Switching from flood or furrow to low - pressure sprinkler
systems reduces water
use by an estimated 30 percent, while switching to drip
irrigation typically cuts water
use in half.
In contrast to other recent reservoir GHG syntheses (Barros et al. 2011, Demarty and Bastien 2011, Hertwich 2013, Li et al. 2015), we include both hydroelectric and nonhydroelectric
systems such as those
used for flood control,
irrigation, navigation, or recreation.
Sprinkler
irrigation,
using the center - pivot
systems that are widely seen in the crop circles in the western U.S. Great Plains, and drip
irrigation are far more efficient.