Sentences with phrase «subsurface drip irrigation»

Methods such as accurate water measurement and soil moisture monitoring, laser - leveling fields, using conservation tillage to retain soil moisture, switching to low energy precision application sprinklers, lining canals, and employing subsurface drip irrigation where possible could save upwards of 40 percent of agriculture's water use while improving crop yields and saving energy.

Subsurface drip irrigation, in which buried tubing delivers water directly to plants» root zones, is the most efficient form of irrigation technology, but it is currently expensive.

Last summer, Leinauer and his research team led a project to install a subsurface drip irrigation system in several tee boxes at The Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe.

In the next three to five years, NMSU researchers and City of Albuquerque officials should find out if the subsurface drip irrigation system helped conserve water.

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).

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Xeriscaping typically includes emphasis on native plantings, mulching, and no or limited drip / subsurface irrigation.