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Introduction to irrigation management - Evaluating your pressurised system

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This series of publications, from the Waterwise series, provide information about how to evaluate a number of pressurised irrigation systems. The following aspects of the systems are covered:

  • Gereral overview
  • Equipment needed
  • Evaluation procedures
  • Flow versus pressure
  • Automatic controls
  • Ways to maintain system efficiency

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PDF icon Introduction
 1.1 MB
PDF icon System 1 Travelling irrigators and rotating booms
 125.3 KB
PDF icon System 2 Lateral boom and linear move
 246.9 KB
PDF icon System 3 Centre pivots
 780.0 KB
PDF icon System 4 Spraylines (Side roll, end tow, hand shift)
 554.0 KB
PDF icon System 5 Fixed under-canopy micro; System 6 Fixed overhead, solid set, bike shift
 213.8 KB
PDF icon System 7 Non-overlapping under-canopy spray system
 201.2 KB
PDF icon System 8 Drip (trickle) systems
 1014.7 KB
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