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Water (General)

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Suspended Structures

Storage dam evaporation control

Shade structures in general are suspended above the water surface using cables.

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Evaporation & Seepage Monitoring

Pressure sensitive transducers (PSTs) can be used to precisely measure water depth and therefore accurately determine the seepage and evaporation losses from water storages.

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Fertigation: delivering fertiliser in the irrigation water

Primefacts

The delivery of dissolved mineral fertilisers to the roots of crops in the field using irrigation water is known as ‘fertigation’. The use of fertigation is gaining popularity because of it’s efficiencies in nutrient management, time and labour and potentially a greater control over crop performance.

Don’t let water saving potential evaporate

Evaporation accounts for the biggest water losses in the nation, which means the potential shown from recent evaporation research and development, involving on-farm and major storage trials, should continue to be explored.

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Evaporation and Seepage

Moria Farming - Forest Hill

The National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA) recently undertook seepage and evaporation measurements at water storages for a mixed horticulture farm at Forest Hill in the Lockyer Valley. This is a fact sheet about those measurements.

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Structural & Management Techniques

Storage dam evaporation control

A fact sheet about structural and management techniques to reduce water storage evaporation.

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Monolayer Research

Storage dam evaporation control

A fact sheet about research into chemical monolayers to reduce dam evaporation.

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Modular Covers

Storage dam evaporation control

A fact sheet about modular covers to reduce dam evaporation.

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Continuous Plastic Covers

Storage dam evaporation control

A fact sheet about floating plastic covers to reduce dam evaporation.

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Economic Evaluation

Storage dam evaporation control

Fact sheet about evaluating the economics of dam evaporation.