Owning a suburban home has its perks. Having to water your lawn constantly isn't one of them. You must dedicate multiple hours every week standing behind a garden hose or running a sprinkler. If you ...

No irrigation system can distribute water perfectly evenly across an entire field. Center pivot irrigation involves a powered structure that rotates a steel pipe with sprinklers to water crops. But ...

Drip irrigation applies water through small holes called emitters in a network of hoses or pipes rather than through broadcasting sprinklers or hoses. It delivers the water more closely to the root ...

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The Dujiangyan Irrigation System, situated on the Minjiang River in Sichuan Province, west of the Chengdu Plain, was con- structed during the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.) under the direction ...

Irrigation systems are a bit of a mystery to most golfers – some components such as sprinklers, valve boxes and field satellite controllers are aboveground and easy to see, but most of the ...

Introduction Irrigation, the artificial application of water to crops, has been used by humans for thousands of years. Ancient civilizations built complex irrigation systems without the aid of modern ...

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 9, 2023 shows workers clearing the water surface on the Baima Lake in Chahe Town of Huai'an, east China's Jiangsu Province. The Hongze Lake Irrigation System in eastern ...