The Use of the Compartmented Reservoir in Water Harvesting Agrisystems

Cluff, C. Brent

dc.contributor.author	Cluff, C. Brent
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-21T21:31:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-21T21:31:41Z
dc.date.issued	1979-07
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10150/314429
dc.description.abstract	Runoff farming under most climatic conditions and soil types requires some type of efficient surface water storage in order to maintain production during dry years. The combination of a treated catchment feeding runoff water to a planted area coupled with surface storage is defined as a water harvesting agrisystem. Surface storage in order to be efficient requires evaporation control and in most cases seepage control. Various methods are available for economical seepage control but the cost of the currently used evaporation control methods are high enough to preclude their use for growing conventional crops using water harvesting agrisystems. A promising solution is the use of the compartmented reservoir to reduce evaporation loss. This method utilizes systematic pumping and removal of water from storage to keep water concentrated in the smallest number of compartments built within the typical shallow reservoir. The paper discusses the construction and design of several of these systems. It describes the use of the Compartmented Reservoir Optimization Program (CROP-76) developed in 1976 and improved in 1978 (CROP-78).
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, Texas Tech University	en_US
dc.source	Water Resources Research Center. The University of Arizona.	en_US
dc.title	The Use of the Compartmented Reservoir in Water Harvesting Agrisystems	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona	en_US
dc.identifier.journal	Arid Lands Plant Resources: Proceedings of the International Arid Lands Conference on Plant Resources, Texas Tech University	en_US
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refterms.dateFOA	2018-08-30T17:45:59Z
html.description.abstract	Runoff farming under most climatic conditions and soil types requires some type of efficient surface water storage in order to maintain production during dry years. The combination of a treated catchment feeding runoff water to a planted area coupled with surface storage is defined as a water harvesting agrisystem. Surface storage in order to be efficient requires evaporation control and in most cases seepage control. Various methods are available for economical seepage control but the cost of the currently used evaporation control methods are high enough to preclude their use for growing conventional crops using water harvesting agrisystems. A promising solution is the use of the compartmented reservoir to reduce evaporation loss. This method utilizes systematic pumping and removal of water from storage to keep water concentrated in the smallest number of compartments built within the typical shallow reservoir. The paper discusses the construction and design of several of these systems. It describes the use of the Compartmented Reservoir Optimization Program (CROP-76) developed in 1976 and improved in 1978 (CROP-78).