| Drip design in the landscape
Contact person
Ms Meg Ogea - Education
Manager
Contact person's address
The Irrigation
Association
6540 Arlington Boulevard
Falls Church, Virginia,
22042-6638
USA
Contact person's Telephone/Fax
Tel +1-703-536
7080 Fax +1-703-536 7019
Contact person's E-mail
[email protected]
Type of programme
Course
Certificate
Certificate of participation
Frequency of programme
With sufficient participants
and upon request.
Programme's main focus
Enhancement of the
capabilities of water professionals.
Programme prospectus
Drip irrigation use is
dramatically increasing. This class will deal with the correct emitter selection
and use. Both line source and point source products will be discussed, as well
as the correct application for each type.
Participants will learn the four key elements of drip design:
system layout, system hydraulics, product selection and scheduling.
It is recommended that participants meet the following
prerequisites: An understanding of basic sprinkler system hydraulics as well as
some hands-on experience with drip installation and/or maintenance is helpful,
but not required.
Target group
Junior professionals
Programme
www
http://www.irrigation.org/education.htm
Dates/duration
One day
Language
English |
The Irrigation Association
Acronym
IA
Country
USA
Address
The Irrigation Association
6540 Arlington
Boulevard
Falls Church, VA 22042-6638
USA
Tel +1-703-536 7080
Fax +1-703-536 7019
E-mail
[email protected]
Institute/organization
www
http://www.irrigation.org/
Brief description of institution/organization
The
mission of the Irrigation Association (IA), a non-profit, North American
organization, is to improve the products and practices used to manage water
resources and to help shape the worldwide business environment of the irrigation
industry. The Irrigation Association's interest in water resources encompasses
application conservation, drainage, improvement and recovery of water for
economic and environmental enhancement in agriculture, turfgrass, landscape and
forestry.
The Irrigation Association's efforts focus on providing
leadership in four areas:
- The IA interacts with private and governmental
organizations and other associations in the development of legislation and
regulations to appropriately ensure the availability, quality and accessibility
of water supplies for, or affected by, irrigation and the efficacy of trade
policies.
- IA establishes and conducts authoritative educational programmes
to broaden and focus public awareness of issues related to water management, to
provide professional certification of practitioners of irrigation-related
disciplines and to ensure the accessibility of research information pertinent to
industry practices and products.
- IA perceives itself as an effective
catalyst and umbrella organization for outreach, communication and coordination
among the diverse parties and interests involved in irrigation.
- IA
contributes to the establishment of recognized standards and guidelines dealing
with irrigation-related products, engineering applications and practices
worldwide.
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