The Valorization of Natural Resources for Irrigation the Hilly and Terraced Surfaces

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The Valorization of Natural Resources for Irrigation the Hilly and Terraced Surfaces

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In the paper is detailed an innovative solution of an equipment used for irrigation for hilly and small terraced surfaces of upland areas, where the water is not available and the electricity grid is missing. The condition to use this solution of irrigation is to have a water source available. This water source can be a spring, an artesian well or a stream that must be near the surfaces on the hillside that need the water. Usually, the level of the water source must be above the site location of the homestead’s water needs. If the location of household, garden, or livestock water supply is higher that the water source is necessary to use a solution to pump the water to this location. To pump the water without use electricity in hilly areas it is used a ram pump system which needs a minimum fall of the water. The paper presents an economical solution to irrigate the hilly surfaces where the water source has not a fall to make working properly the ram pump.

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economical solutions, irrigation, water mill design, water resources

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Badea Lepadatescu, Catalin Gheorghe. (2016) The Valorization of Natural Resources for Irrigation the Hilly and Terraced Surfaces. International Journal of Environmental Science, 1, 157-165