Practicing water conservation isn’t just for the ornamental landscaper; commercial as well as home orchards can also be water wise and water efficient.
Ways to Conserve Water in Orchards
- Perform a distribution uniformity test of your irrigation system
- A distribution uniformity between 90-100% is considered a uniform system; this ensures that plants are watered evenly and more efficiently
- This also helps avoid excess water application and runoff
- Perform regular maintenance
- Check for line breaks
- Check for plugged emitters
- Clean filters