Irrigation water metering - It's plain good sense

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Irrigated agriculture While irrigation water measuring is still not widespread in South Africa, emerging trends suggest that water meters are becoming increasingly important tools to aid farmers. “There is an increasing realisation that it makes absolute business sense to accurately and reliably measure water use in order to reduce and cost and thereby increase profitability, ” notes WRC Executive Manager: Water Utilisation in Agriculture, Dr Gerhard Backeberg. The financial returns to an irrigator are strongly correlated with the volume and pattern of irrigation water application (not only through the cost of water but also that of electricity). Moreover, there Irrigation water metering – It’ s plain good sense are a number of new technologies which offer better information and decision-support to irrigators, making water use management more convenient and accurate.

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