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Planning an Irrigation Reservoir

When designing an irrigation reservoir and connecting it to a farm’s irrigation system, it’s wise to start by determining how much water should be stored

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Does an Irrigation Reservoir Make Sense on Your Farm?

Ultimately, even if rainfall in your region has typically been gentle and has arrived at just the right time of year, that’s almost certain to change

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What is the Purpose of an Irrigation Reservoir?

Access to water for irrigation is increasingly under pressure across the country, but is investing in an irrigation reservoir a reasonable solution?

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The Future of Irrigated Agriculture

Ultimately, the truth is that farmers who depend on irrigation face a future with increasingly limited water supplies 

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The Politics of Irrigation Reservoirs

The struggle for sufficient water, a longstanding issue in developing countries, has now become a harsh reality in the US 

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Irrigation and Changing Weather Patterns

Irrigated agriculture is a pivotal practice in terms of the world’s ability to feed itself

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Irrigation: An Ancient Game Changer

rrigation also helps to maintain landscapes and protect soil in dry areas and during periods of less than average rainfall.

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What Makes a Great Baffle?

It’s important to evaluate not only the material used for your baffle system

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Designing an Efficient Clearwell Tank

It’s clear that strategic use of baffles in a clearwell tank enhances efficiency and effectiveness during the disinfection stage of potable water treatment

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The Benefits of Baffles

In general terms, a baffle is a barrier that slows and directs the flow of a liquid through a space.

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Disinfecting Potable Water with Chlorines

A clearwell, also called a contact or disinfectant tank, is where the disinfection step takes place. 

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Water Treatment Stages II: Disinfection and Storage

Once water has gone through the major steps of coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration

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Water Treatment Stages I: Removing Solids

Whatever the source, be it surface water or municipal wastewater, whenever water might be used for drinking

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What Exactly is a Clear Well?

A clear well is an enclosed tank that comprises the final storage tank in a municipal drinking water treatment system. 

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Top Questions About Green Roofs

It is absolutely possible to replace a conventional roof with a green roof, but it does require some extra care

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Popular Myths About Green Roofs

Many structures are now designed by default with roofs equipped to handle 25-35 lbs per square foot of dead load

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Green Roofs All Have Layers - Like Parfaits. Or Onions.

In basic structure, green roofs are essentially the same. They all incorporate layers of roofing materials that aren’t used on a conventional roof

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Anatomy of a Green Roof

An important difference between conventional roofs and green roofs, aside from the functional layers

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Are Green Roofs Cost Effective? Lifecycle Costs and Savings

Just like a conventional roof, expenses will continue. Regular maintenance is necessary

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Are Green Roofs Cost Effective? Capital Costs and Abatements

The term “green roof” covers a wide spectrum of building-topping concepts, so it’s impossible to make a blanket statement

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Unexpected Benefits of a Green Roof

Did you know that the plants in a green roof can provide a critical habitat for birds, butterflies, and insects

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Are There Other Reasons to Have a Green Roof?

There is no doubt that green roofs offer significant environmental benefits on several levels

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How do Green Roofs Help the Environment?

The name green roof doesn’t refer only to the color of plants and other growing things that define a green roof installation

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Urban Heat Islands and Green Roofs

Heat islands are regions in urban areas where the ambient air temperature is consistently higher than surrounding 

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What are Brown Roofs?

While brown roofs are strictly, speaking, a subset of green roofs, the philosophy and goals behind brown roofs are different

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