mardi 23 janvier 2018

Advantages Of Using Center Pivot Irrigation System

By Brenda Patterson


Center pivot type of irrigation also known as waterwheel method of irrigating and basically involves a special type of a machine which transfers water in some circular kind of patterns so as to cover the entire portion of land being irrigated. The area to be covered by center pivot irrigation system is mostly dependent on the size of the machine used.

One of the benefits using waterwheel method is that it usually uses limited amounts of water to irrigate a large portion of land. The surface methods of irrigation plus the furrow method tends to waste huge volumes of water making a farmer incur a lot of expenses. The middle pivot system saves an individual some significant amount of money through the ability of the system of conserve huge volumes of water.

In reality the ground methods of watering crops are always viewed to be labor intensive methods. Some of these techniques involves digging water channels on the ground while on the other hand the waterwheel method tends to minimize the level of soil tillage which usually occurs while minimizing the runoff of water together with soil erosion which can actually occur while using the ground methods of irrigation.

One of the main advantages of this method is that it can irrigate a huge portion of land but the surface of the topography must be flat. In all irrigation methods the one type of irrigation which is viewed to surpass the waterwheel especially with regards to water loss is the drip method. Farmers with large farms or ranches, this kind of watering system is ideal for them.

Another benefits associate with the usage of waterwheel method is that a large piece of land is actually irrigated within a very minimal duration of time. For this to be possible then an individual is supposed to ensure that the land lies on a surface which has flat topography. The center hinge system usually requires some pressure for it to operate effectively. But it should be noted that the amount of pressure which is actually required to the waterwheel system tends to be almost the same with the pressure applied in drip method.

In the high plains where there are strong winds, the drift of wind tends to significantly inhibit water from reaching the intended crops on the ground. Also the warm and dry winds cause the water to evaporate at higher rates when compared to some other places. The water coverage under the waterwheel method is actually uniform as to when compared to some other methods of irrigation.

The drip method of watering crops not unless the tube gets damaged, the run off as well as puddling is not a concern. Soil erosion is basically the greatest concern especially when it comes to the furrow method of watering crops. It has been viewed that the pressure which is required to run the center pivot machine is always huge when compared to the drip method of irrigation although these two systems are considered to be low pressure systems.

In reality the waterwheel method is basically regarded as very unique method of watering crops as it water plants using circle patterns. The farm land is basically covered by the circular patterns which are achieved by transferring the center hinge machine which functions in supplying the irrigating water in rotary motions.




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