Saturday, January 25, 2014

Different Tucson Irrigation Techniques And Tools

By Eliza Mendoza


In irrigation, water is applied through a controlled mechanism for agricultural uses and by man-made systems. It is a crucial agricultural process that is used for production of foodstuff. There are several irrigation techniques that are used for water application. They include; furrow, gravity, rotation, center-pivot, flood, drip, sprinkler, supplemental, surface, and travelling gun methods. In Tucson irrigation can be easily done by some of these techniques.

Center-pivot, for instance, is an automated sprinkler method that involves an automatically rotating the sprinkler pipe. Water is transferred to the sprinkler nozzles from the center point of the field to be irrigated. Water is usually delivered to the center of the system before sprinkling to the crops or land. In case of crop irrigation, the pipe is supported above the crop at fixed spacing and rotated by mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic or electric power on skids or wheels.

Drip irrigation adopts a more planned approach of water application, which is only directed to the root zones of the plants. In this method, applicators like perforated pipes, porous tubing, emitters, and orifices are used to apply water to the crops. Water is applied under low pressures with the aid of the applicators which can be placed under or above the ground level. Flood technique, on the other, uses large amount of water to cover the entire area being irrigated.

Furrow technique is similar to flood method in that they require a lot of water for use, except that furrow allows partial flow of water through the dug rows. In gravity method, water is allowed to flow by the force of gravity. Rotation type on the other hand involves filling the irrigators with allotted water which is then delivered to the crops or field at certain intervals.

Irrigation is a dynamic practice and involves the use of a wide range of tools for several purposes. Some of the techniques are only special to certain methods, while some are just used for the general duties. Some of the basic tools used are; wire cutters, shovels, wrenches, knives, and hacksaws. There are also other tools that are only specialized for certain duties.

Some of the special tools include; the round and square pointed blade shovels, trenching spade, mattock, tamper bar, broom, landscape rake, work gloves, latex gloves, pipe wrench, measurement tape, riser extractor, hacksaw, wire cutter, screw drivers, sledge hammers, trencher machine, and many more. These tools are used for specific and general operations of installation. The point blades hovel in this case is used for digging larger holes for valves, multiple pipes, and many other duties.

Trenching spade is a specialty tool used to remove dirt from the bottom of trenches. A mattock on the other hand is used to dig short trenches and removing rocks. However, the tamper bar has a huge nail-like head used for compacting soil.

A landscape rake can be used to shape the field prior to planting. PVC pipe cutters are simply used for the very purpose suggested by the names. The gloves are used for protecting the hands from blisters and bruises. For residents in Tucson irrigation systems like these can be set up by various experts in the region and the tools can easily be found.




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