Different Tucson Irrigation Techniques And Tools

| Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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.

Unlike most systems, center-pivot irrigation involves an automatic sprinkler which propels water on the crops or field to be irrigated. The sprinkler has several nozzles which spreads water at the equal rate and amount. The water is delivered to the central (pivot) of the sprinkler before being sprinkled to the field or crops. When used for irrigating crops, the sprinkler is supported above the plants by towers fixed at equal intervals and rotated by electric, pneumatic, mechanical or hydraulic power on either skids or wheels.

Drip method adopts a planned technique in which water is directly applied to the root zone of the crop. In the technique, water application is carried out with the aid of applicators like porous tubing, emitters, perforated pipes, and orifices, among other tools. Water is applied under low pressure and the applicators are stationed at either below or on the ground surface. Flood type requires large volume of water since water is applied all over the region to be irrigated.

Furrow technique involves partial surface flooding used with clean-filled crops. Water is applied in furrows which can contain the designed system. However, in gravity method water is only allowed to flow through the force of gravity. In rotation system, irrigators are filled with an allotted amount of water at intervals.

The whole practice requires a large set of tools which are used for different roles. There are some tools that are specialized for certain duties and those that can be used for general roles. The basic ones to general functions include; a knife, shovel, hacksaw, wire cutter, and wrenches. However, there are those that are just used for specific duties of installation of the systems.

The tools also used include; trenching spade, round and square point blade shovels, tamper bar, landscape rake, broom, work gloves, PVC pipe cutter, latex gloves, measuring tape, pipe wrench, hacksaw, rise extractor, screw drivers, wire cutter, garden hose, sledge hammer, trench machine, and hose sweeper nozzle, among others. Most of them are used for both general and specific duties of maintenance and installation. For instance, the round point blade shovel can be used to bore holes.

Removal of dirt from the bottom of the trenches can be carried out using a trenching spade. Removal of rocks or digging short trenches, however, is best suited for a mattock. A tamper bar, on the other hand, has a huge head that is used to compact soil.

A landscape rake helps in shaping the ground for planting seeds. Another specialty tool is the PVC pipe cutter, which is used for cutting pipes. The latex and work gloves, however, help in protecting the hands from blisters. Having these information those living in Tucson irrigation should not be a problem.




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