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Managing Leachate With Drainage and Monitoring Systems

Leachate management is potentially the most significant, long-term, recurring cost for landfill care.

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Managing Leachate with Stormwater Systems

A major historical problem with waste disposal, whether during the bad old days of primitive dumps

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Can We Use Reduce/Recycle/Reuse Leachate?

Since leachate treatment and disposal can be a significant part of the operating cost for sanitary landfills

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What’s Bad About Leachate in a Landfill?

Leachate has long been an issue for garbage collection sites because of typically high levels of toxic contaminants

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Is an Irrigation Reservoir the Right Solution?

Building an irrigation pond isn’t a casual, spur-of-the moment undertaking.

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Using Farm Ponds to Extend a Limited Water Supply

Sometimes the issue isn’t a simple, steady lack of rain.

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More Best Practices to Conserve Farm Water

Conservation tillage is defined as any minimal tillage system that leaves enough crop residue behind

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Ten Best Practices to Conserve Farm Water

At the most basic level, the only realistic way to evaluate whether water-saving strategies are working

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Best Practices for Drought Management in Agriculture

Drought is a creeping natural disaster. It’s not fast like a tornado, it’s not trackable from space like a hurricane

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Where Does Irrigation Water Come From? Part 2: Groundwater

Groundwater refers to natural stores of water below ground.

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Where Does Irrigation Water Come From? Part 1: Surface Water

As the demand for farm products becomes more intense, crops are planted more densely

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Is Transporting Farm Irrigation Water Efficient?

It’s important to monitor the efficiency of systems that apply irrigation water

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Is Storing Farm Irrigation Water Wasteful?

Once water is pulled from its source, whether that source is surface water such as rivers, streams or natural lakes

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A Review of Farm Irrigation Systems

Water use in agriculture is a complex topic to measure.

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How do Farms use Irrigation Water?

Rain fed farming is the most natural form of farming, where water is introduced to the soil through rain

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Can I Convert My Greenhouse to Geothermal?

It’s great to hear about all the advantages of Geothermal heating for greenhouses

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Will a Geothermal Greenhouse Work for Me?

To most people in the world, "geothermal energy" means steaming hot water in very isolated areas

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How Much Does a Geothermal Greenhouse Cost?

Just like any product, there is a wide range of costs, depending on how basic you’re willing to go or whether bells and whistles promise

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How Can I Make Geothermal Work for Me?

Whatever system you use to heat your greenhouse, it’s important to provide as much insulation as reasonably possible.

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How do Geothermal Greenhouses Work?

Geo-air systems rely on low-tech designs for a simple, affordable, easy-to maintain and cheap-to-operate geothermal heating

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How do Sunken Greenhouses Work?

There are several ways that greenhouses can take advantage of geothermal heating, and each type has its own set of advantages.

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Why Use Geothermal Heating in Greenhouses?

The primary purpose of a greenhouse is to keep an environment conducive to sprouting, growing and fruiting plants

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Can Geothermal Energy Heat a Greenhouse?

Water and soil below ground contain a vast reservoir of thermal energy, thanks to the natural heat

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What is a Geothermal Greenhouse? Part 2

Almost any kind of dense mass absorbs heat as it is exposed to sunlight.

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What is a Geothermal Greenhouse? Part 1

Greenhouses, at the most fundamental level, are simply buildings designed to protect tender or out-of-season plants

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