How Buried Water Diffusers Can Help Water Scarcity?
At present, slightly less than one half of the global population, 3.6 billion people or 47%, live in areas that suffer water scarcity at least 1 month each year. According to other sources the number is even larger, with an estimated 4.0 billion people, or 52% of the global population. [1] With water resources depleting, efficient ways of watering crops are vital to keep water reserves sustainable.
Chahtech has designed an innovative low maintenance, environmentally friendly irrigation system: the buried diffuser. It works by burying the diffusion under the soil- this way no water is lost to evaporation or other means, e.g. animals, runway water, parasites etc. The diffuser connects to a reservoir, through tubing, and the water is diffused through the base of diffuser through its porous material. This diffusing surface is composed of very porous material, retaining 5 mm of siliceous granulate a material which absorbs water, for water control. The irrigation water arriving in this granulates circulate through the macro pores and then infiltrated in the soil below along the diffusing surface. [2]
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This is truly a beneficial result of innovation and problem solving, but it is mostly relevant to farmers, and those interested in farming. What about the rest of us?... tbc
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