Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXV, Issue 2
Written by Petre VOICU, Mircea OAIDA, Petru SURUGIU
Elaborating this paper, the authors took into account previous research that highlighted the following: Romania falls into the category of countries with modest exploitable water resources; over 85% of the arable land arranged with irrigation works is fragmented in small plots; soil water deficit is the most important risk factor in agriculture. Watering efficiency depends on the watering method; sprinkling is the main watering method; the concept of water monitoring provides for the complex recovery, and quantitative and qualitative control of water sources; sustainable use of irrigation water requires watering at the optimum time, depending on the optimal real evapotranspiration (ETRoptim = Kt × Ev). It is necessary to know the physical evaporation of water, Ev and the monthly value of the indicator Kt, as an average over a series of at least 30 years, for a certain plant. The proposed method captures the irrigation water, so that once the water has passed the root zone it gets absorbed and stored in a modular underground tank. The excess water collected in the modular basin will be reused when the soil and plant sensors will signal the presence of the humidity deficit.
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{simplepopup popup="false" name="Citation19"}VOICU P., OAIDA M., SURUGIU P. 2022, INCREASING IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY AND SOIL PROTECTION BY REUSING EXCESS WATER USING THE CLOSED DRAINAGE TECHNIQUE. Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXV, Issue 2, ISSN 2285-5785, 149-156. {/simplepopup}