irrigation archives - planet forward - 克罗地亚vs加拿大让球 //www.getitdoneaz.com/tag/irrigation/ inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网 tue, 07 mar 2023 19:39:46 +0000 en-us hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 as arizona agriculture runs dry, new irrigation tech could help //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/as-arizona-agriculture-runs-dry-new-irrigation-tech-could-help/ mon, 20 dec 2021 17:30:22 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/as-arizona-agriculture-runs-dry-new-irrigation-tech-could-help/ according to n-drip’s chief sustainability officer, seth siegel, their technology brings a new irrigation system that could help save 50% of the water used in arizona’s agriculture.

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the colorado river supplies water to millions of people across the southwest. its record-breaking drought has caused a drastic impact on arizona, hurting farmers across the state. one family in casa grande is struggling to keep their family farm after their water supply was cut off. they continue to be taxed for the water that they don’t receive, while their fields are the driest they have ever been. 

however, the central arizona project is working on several initiatives to make arizona’s water supply more reliable. one of those initiatives is a recent partnership with an israeli company called n-drip. according to n-drip’s chief sustainability officer, seth siegel, their technology brings a new irrigation system that could help save 50% of the water used in arizona’s agriculture.

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what is the ogallala aquifer, and why should you care? //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/the-ogallala-aquifer-water-in-the-high-plains/ fri, 23 feb 2018 08:38:09 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/what-is-the-ogallala-aquifer-and-why-should-you-care/ the ogallala aquifer is the life source for farming in the high plains of the united states, but its water levels are in a dangerous state

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about 100 feet below eight states in the high plains region lies a massive amount of fresh water. the ogallala aquifer is larger than the state of california and the life source for farming in the region. when there isn’t enough rainwater, farmers pump water out of the ground from the aquifer to irrigate their crops however, the aquifer is being depleted faster than rainwater can refill it. if irrigation practices continue, the aquifer could run dry. in an effort to save the aquifer, farmers turn to technology to make their farming more efficient.

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dry farming in california //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/dry-farming-in-california/ sat, 27 sep 2014 19:29:42 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/dry-farming-in-california/ how can you farm in a drought?

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dry farming is a method of sustainable agriculture practiced in california. even with the current drought, we still maintain dry farming practices.

ilana crenin is a freshman at the george washington university.

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streamlining our nation’s water and forests //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/streamlining-our-nations-water-and-forests/ tue, 09 oct 2012 13:30:52 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/streamlining-our-nations-water-and-forests/ the national water system would produce infrastructure and operate services to enable universal irrigation. this would enable conversion of vast underused land area into productive farms. it would also end the effects of drought and flood. the miastrada dragon (see idea) is being developed to function in the context of such expanded agriculture.

a part of the land would be directed to establishing standing forests to most directly mitigate co2 in the atmosphere, where a ton of standing wood mass, including root structure, would roughly balance a ton of coal burned in power plants, or other fuel equivalent. a general agregate of wood mass that is permanently in being, as with collections of orchards, would also balance fossil fuel burning.

the general benefit would be more powerful, that being a return to positive production of our agro-industrial country. this would enable continuation of our developed world, wherein people have inclination to think about such problems as global warming.

www.wh.gov/dzbd

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lower cost intelligent irrigation systems //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/lower-cost-intelligent-irrigation-systems/ wed, 25 jan 2012 07:21:11 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/lower-cost-intelligent-irrigation-systems/ i have invented a way to lower to cost of installing the wiring for intelligent irrigation systems.

currently, the wire pair is run separately from the plastic irrigation pipe. i propose to embed the wire pair in the plastic pipe. this should lower the overall system cost.

intelligent irrigation systems have sensors which determine where and how much water is needed. then the proper amount of water is delivered by remotely controlled valves.

my website is www.water-wire-irrigation.com

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pumping up energy and water savings //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/pumping-up-energy-and-water-savings/ wed, 09 nov 2011 08:00:21 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/pumping-up-energy-and-water-savings/ bonneville power administration and northwest public utilities are working together to increase energy savings in the agricultural sector. this video showcases how farmers in terrebonne, ore., recently used financial incentives from bpa and central electric cooperative to upgrade their line-shaft turbine and irrigation pump, affectionately known as big bertha, by installing a variable frequency drive. the vfd helped the van akens and grossmans save energy, water, fertilizer and maintenance costs. contact your local electric utility or local resource conservation and development council to find out what energy and water saving programs are available in your area.

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develop a global greenhouse to combat desertification //www.getitdoneaz.com/story/develop-a-global-greenhouse-to-combat-desertification/ mon, 31 jan 2011 14:24:26 +0000 http://dpetrov.2create.studio/planet/wordpress/develop-a-global-greenhouse-to-combat-desertification/ i believe we should produce a vast network of desalinated water pumping systems, that is powered by clean energy (wind power, solar power, nuclear power, wave/tidal power, hydroelectric power and geothermal). the network would include vast high altitude reservoirs for holding water. this water could be released as needed to turn giant turbines to produce needed electricity 24/7. the water could be used in arid/semi-arid lands to increase food production and liquid fuels. due to need for food and very low sunlight-to-fuel efficiency rates, we need to stop using corn based ethanol.

we can produce all our liquid fuel needs using algae farms and even better more efficient artifical green leave nanotechnology. we would have to develop innovative ways to disperse the removed ocean saline in environmental sound ways. by doing this, we would increase jobs/water/power/fuel, with resultant improvement of us trade balances, increase in tax revenues, strengthing of us dollar and lower global atmospheric co2. we could include into the system devices that trap atmospheric co2 to improve the efficiencies of the system. we could input vast us resources of wind power into this system. who knows, if we can build the system big enough, we could refill depleted underground water reservoirs with excess produced desalinated water and refill depleted oil wells with excess produced oil. once we perfect these upscale models of the system, we export the technology in global areas that have water shortages, like the middle east, africa, asia and australia (some parts of australia). this would lower chances for regional conflicts in these areas.
i think of the sahara desert which stradles the equator. due to desertation the sahara desert is now bigger than the continential us. the only thing the sun power is doing there is baking rock and sand. the potiential of this energy resource is almost unlimited. yet millions of people that live in this region struggle to survive. we can and should do better than this.
the only way to heal the planet is to direct the sun’s power to heal it. after all, all the power we have on this planet comes directly or indirectly from sun power. we just need to plug into it.

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