Major Components of Irrigation System Pump Station takes water from the sources and provide the right pressure for the delivery into the pipe system. Control Valve control the discharge and pressure in the entire system. Filtration System Cleans the water. Common types of filter include screen filters and graded sand filters which removes fine materials suspended in the water.

Fertilizer tank /venture Slowly add a measured dose of fertilizer into the water during irrigation. This is one of the major advantages of drip irrigation over the methods.

Mainlines, Submarines and laterals supply from the waters from the control head into the fields. They are usually made from PVC or Polytheneal hose and should be buried below because they easily degrade when exposed to the sun radiation. Lateral pipes are usually 13.32mm diameter.

Emitters or drippers are devices used to control the discharge of water from the lateral to the plants. They are usually spaced more than 1metre apart with one or more emitters used for a single plant such as a tree. For row crops more closely spaced emitters may be used for the wet strip for the soil. Many different emitter designs are to produce in recent years. The basis of design to produce in the emitter which will provide a specific constant discharge which does not vary much pressure changes and does not block easily By pass Assembly Pressure Gauge Micro tubes

Water Conservation through drip Water is conserved in the following ways Drip irrigation application uniformity is very high usually over 90% Unlike drip irrigation applies water directly to the soil, eliminating water loss from the wind Applications rates are low so water may be spoon feeded the crop or plant root zone in the exact amount required (even daily or hourly basis).in contrast other methods entail higher water application quantity and less frequency .if young plants need frequent water much of water is applied is often wasted to deep percolation or runoff.

Low application rates are lessly like to run off from heavier soils and sloping terrain.Drip irrigation does not water non targeted areas such as furrows and road in agriculture between beds blocks or benches in the greenhouses or hard scape or buildings or roads in landscape.Drip irrigation easily adapts to the odd shaped planting areas which are difficult to address with the help of sprinklers or gravity irrigation.Drip irrigation is capable of germinating seeds and setting transplant which eliminates the need for “Sprinkling up” and eliminates the resulting the waste of water in the early stages of crop growth.Drip irrigation is today’s need because water –nature’s gift to mankind is not unlimited and free forever. world water resources are fast diminishing.