The search has spanned the gamut from funding research, investing in expensive solutions like desalination plants, toying with the idea of recycling wastewater, imposing water - use restrictions, letting lawns go dry and experimenting
with irrigation efficiency techniques for the crops that feed the country.
Not exact matches
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With this new system we'll treat some 15 million gallons of water a year, with significant efficiency gains — and bring things full - circle with enhanced compost for our soils and clean water for vineyard and landscape irrigat
With this new system we'll treat some 15 million gallons of water a year,
with significant efficiency gains — and bring things full - circle with enhanced compost for our soils and clean water for vineyard and landscape irrigat
with significant
efficiency gains — and bring things full - circle
with enhanced compost for our soils and clean water for vineyard and landscape irrigat
with enhanced compost for our soils and clean water for vineyard and landscape
irrigation.
For the study, the researchers gathered a long - term data set of residential lawn - watering frequency and lawn - watering behaviors, determined the scale of weekly lawn - watering frequency
with water restrictions alone, and tested to determine if adding the weather - based conservation strategy could improve lawn
irrigation efficiency and water savings over water restrictions alone.
Working
with our local officials, we are trying to get support for repairing and adapting
irrigation systems of greater
efficiency so that we can grow more crops
with less
irrigation water.
«But it's uneven,
with some water districts investing a lot in
efficiencies, while others haven't,» he said, praising the South San Joaquin
Irrigation District for raising its rates two years ago from $ 6 to $ 9 per acre foot to pay for a system that provides for concentrated watering around trees, vines and row crops.
For suburban offices, there has been high attention to improving
irrigation efficiency with approaches such as drip
irrigation, weather - based smart
irrigation control, and drought - tolerant landscaping.