Sentences with phrase «irrigation water capture»

In the third experiment, two sprinkler head types (wobbler and impact) were compared for their effect on irrigation water capture using Ligustrum japonicum plants in 16 - cm - and 27 - cm - diameter containers.

Wobbler sprinklers resulted in greater irrigation water capture by the plants in 27 - cm containers, but not 16 - cm containers.

Not exact matches

Halter Ranch conserves water, resulting in over a 50 % reduction in irrigation; captures rain and winery water bringing over two million gallons back to irrigation ponds; and farms 281 acres of vines without removing oak trees or displacing existing wildlife and plant life.

Capturing rain water for landscaping irrigation.

When Burger and Hopmans started, they knew tomatoes weren't capturing a lot of nitrogen, especially when they were watered with furrow irrigation.

«Capture factor can play a critical role in adjusting irrigation run times to apply a required amount of water to containers,» the authors said.

The authors of a new study say that understanding container - grown plants» capacity to «capture» sprinkler irrigation water can give growers important tools that help them adjust irrigation rates, reduce water use, and produce healthy plants.

Jeff Million and Thomas Yeager from the Department of Environmental Horticulture at the University of Florida say that there has been limited research to evaluate the ability of containerized plants to capture sprinkler irrigation water.

«How container - grown plants capture sprinkler irrigation water.»

A wind - sheltered irrigation area was used to evaluate the capture of sprinkler irrigation water by container - grown ornamentals as affected by species, plant size, and container size and spacing.

In agriculture, aid and research are helping to boost productivity through targeted interventions aimed at improving crop yields, capturing water for irrigation and providing advice on selling surplus produce.

Water supplied for irrigation, is captured primarily from clean wastewater from baths, sinks, and other household appliances, as well as cisterns.

1.3 This practice also addresses the weight of the vegetative (green) roof system under two conditions: (1) weight under drained conditions after new water additions by rainfall or irrigation have ceased (this includes the weight of retained water and captured water), and (2) weight when rainfall or irrigation is actively occurring and the drain layer is completely filled with water.

5.2.1 Water capture is also useful in assessing irrigation requirements for vegetative (green) roof designs.

The government has allocated $ 17 million (USD) for the projects, which include boosting the amount of recycled water used for irrigation, storm water capture and reuse, revving up the capacity of water recycling plants, and improving the water pipeline infrastructure.

Chaparral does not require irrigation from distant water sources, and these species do a good job of capturing carbon dioxide.

Most of us are directly tied into the local water supply, which is great when it works well, and horrible when it doesn't (as evidenced by the recent and ongoing travesties in communities such as Flint, Michigan), and although some homes may capture rainwater for irrigation, or have their own well, there aren't a lot of alternative choices for getting clean drinking water, other than purchasing bottled water.

A rain barrel, which captures and stores rain water, can be used as a source of irrigation water.