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Water Source
- can be a river, a channel, a hydrant or a bore hole. |
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Water Supply System |
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Power Source
- A power package (engine,
pump and generator) is located on the linear system to drive the system
and pressurise the water if needed. |
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Pumping System
- If it is a hose fed
linear system hooked up to hydrants, low to medium pumps are required. |
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Filtration Method - Based on the quality of
the water, a large area intake screen filter or media filtration is
required. |
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Equipment Description - Similar to the
centre pivot
system,
except that the lateral/linear system moves in a continuous straight path,
in one straight line, therefore the center point
does not exist. |
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Sprinkler Packages - Similar to the
centre pivot sprinkler packages,
except the sprinklers are the same size along the length of the system. |
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Required Pressure - Similar to the
centre pivots. |
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Automatic Control System - Similar to the
centre pivots. |
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Topography
- Linear systems are designed to operate on fields with general level
characteristics or very gradual slope. Maximum slope around 5%. |
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Fertigation/Chemigation - It is possible as with the
centre pivots. |
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Application Efficiency -
Under normal operation/management and
maintenance can be up to 90%-95%. |