Irrigation Water Management

Irrigation Scheduling

We need to schedule the irrigation time for a Row Crop Drip irrigation system for the following situation:

• DU = 0.85
• Flow Rate = 0.24 gpm/100 ft
• Plant Spacing 3 ft
• ET Rate = 1.5 in/week
• Losses = 5%

How many hours per week should this system operate?

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