In laboratory and field tests, water conditioners fail to improve infiltration or prevent clogging

Autor: Jan Hopmans, Lawrence Schwankl, Stephen Grattan, Josh Gravenmier
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: California Agriculture, Vol 46, Iss 6, Pp 22-25 (1992)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0008-0845
2160-8091
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n06p22
Popis: Three devices that physically treat irrigation water were tested in the laboratory and the field. Results of these experiments indicate these water conditioners were ineffective in increasing the infiltration rate of water into the soil or in preventing calcium carbonate precipitates from clogging drip emitters under the conditions in which they were tested.
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