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Impact Report
| For plan | Conservation and Efficient Use of Water (Socorro County) |
| Date | October 4, 2007, 5:33 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Socorro County Extension office has taken a serious look at water systems that can be utilized for ornamental gardens or other operations. Research definitely states that water conservation can be achieved by utilizing drip irrigation. But there are two types of drip irrigation: surface drip and sub-surface drip systems. Rates for these systems are set using nozzles sizes and water pressure. On the other hand, someone might be interested in using an old Egyptian technique of watering that uses clay pots. Little information was known on the effectiveness of these devices, until now. These utilize a sub-surface irrigation technique and water is simply poured into the ollas through an opening above ground, and water then moves through the walls of the clay pots to the surrounding soil and plant roots. Data collected so far shows that Ollas can use 1183 ml in 24 hours versus the rate of drip systems that can range from 1893 – 11360 ml in an hour. More research is needed to assess the availability of water to the plants in a comparison, but Ollas do show to have a benefit for individually planted vegetation. |