Wheel Line Irrigation And Other Irrigation Systems

By Barbara Clark


Systems are needed to determine and understand which one is best to apply into the home and companies. In farming, it needs an irrigation system in order to control the water being poured over the crops. It can help in crop growth and land maintenance through the installed pipes and sprinklers around the area. Wheel line irrigation is one of the systems applied by farmers.

That irrigation system has an advantage of being simple to operate and to maintain. However, this can only be applied to lands that are less than fifteen acres. Moreover, small crops can only be sprayed with water due to its appropriate height. If they try to use it on taller ones, damage might be possible.

Overhead irrigation spreads water over crops as if it is rain water. It has an orifice within the sprinklers which can control distribution pattern, diameter size on droplets, and discharge volume. The last one is the main function of the sprinklers actually of this irrigation type. Its technicians do labor maintenance much less than others. The downside is the possibility of damaging fruits that near its harvest season.

Center Pivot Irrigation applies water at period intervals at each crop section. Its support lies on the wheeled frame towers and propellers lies on the central pivot point. This means that this will spray a whole row of crops at just one time. It then delivers the water from the main pipeline towards that pivot point.

Drip irrigation has slow rates in water sprinkling onto the crops and soils. This only drips water at a speed of a minimum of two liters per hour. The root zones will be targeted so crops are assured to have proper amounts of water. Also, water loss as a result of evaporation will be prevented.

With the same application and objective as drip irrigation, subsurface drip irrigation or SDI also have differences with that system. The used pipelines have emitters along its sides and will be installed beneath the ground. These results to root zones immediately targeted for water absorption. One advantage of having this is that field works can be done even if water underneath is being sprayed. Hence, hard labor lessens as dry soils are cultivated.

Flood irrigation is the oldest system there is. As its name suggests, it will flow large amounts of water down the built pathways and towards the crops. It has a sub type called furrow irrigation wherein narrow channels will help deliver water. Technicians and farmers are advised to only apply this on flat grounds to ensure leveling.

Experts have simplified the definition of irrigation through three efficiencies. Everyone knows that efficiency is the result of an exerted action for the good of the person or group. One of those efficiencies is IE, irrigation efficiency. This pays attention to conditions of the seasons or usage of water. This also pertains to percentage of water that benefits the soil.

There is a meter called application efficiency. This tests the performance of each irrigation system over the agricultural crops. This meter pertains to water percentage that is able to get delivered to the crops. Another meter, distribution uniformity, will be used along with AE to determine the even distribution of crops to certain sections.




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