Do Not Compromise On Water Quality
With the ever-rising needs of the world, agricultural efforts need to take a step up so that your agricultural efforts can meet those demands. While gunning to meet the rising demands of the market, you need to ensure that the quality is also maintained so that there is no difference in any of the products. Water is the main ingredient to make sure the quality of the crops is maintained. To ensure that you are using water efficiently, you can use water treatment methods to enhance the quality of the water.
Sources Of Water
Most farmers’ water for agriculture comes from the ground, surface, or thoroughly treated water from the municipalities. However, the water quality has seen deterioration over the years owing to rising pollution. As a result, the water contaminates the quality of the produce, which no one wants. All the water has to be used so that no water goes to waste, as it is our responsibility to use water as efficiently as possible. In addition to this, when working with crops, harmful chemicals can seep into the soil and then end up contaminating the water source underground. So, in order to combat this problem, water treatments can be used to remove the chemicals from the water.
Pest Management Techniques to reduce the impact of the pesticides
In order to be deemed safe to use, water needs to be free from pathogens and contaminants. Farmers use various pest management techniques to reduce the effect that pesticides have. All the reasons because of which the water could be contaminated need to be taken into account, or hop on over to our friends at Watson Wells to learn more. Some of the reasons are as follows:
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How much water source is under the control of the farmer?
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How protected is the water source?
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Are there any factories or anything else that could be contaminating the water source?
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Is the water source being contaminated by something that is further up the stream?
Chemical treatment of agricultural water was the only alternative in the original planned agricultural water regulation if the agricultural water was unsafe and unfit for sanitary use, and the situation was beyond the farmer’s control. The FDA has provided some clarifications for the farmers to use alternate methods to continue to use the water that is available on the surface without subjecting it to any treatments.
Treatment is generally the only option for farmers with water that exceeds the appropriate microbiological standard for non-irrigation purposes. There are several antibacterial substances that are recommended by the FDA that can be used to treat the water. Whatever chemical that the farmers opt to use to treat their water, has to be EPA-compliant.
Water treatment methods
The following are some of the water treatment technologies used in agriculture:
Filtration
Biological Remediation
Mixing/Aeration
Ultrafiltration
Disinfection via Reverse Osmosis
In order to get a consultation on how you can get water treatment, we highly recommend heading on over to Watson Wells.