Irrigation system and method

摘要

An irrigation system is provided and includes a main irrigation line, one or more lateral driplines, each lateral dripline being divided into zones and including a plurality of emitters at each zone and a plurality of controllable valves disposed along each of the one or more lateral driplines at zone borders. Each one of the plurality of controllable valves is actuatable to activate corresponding emitters in the associated zone in a zone by zone cycle and each one of the plurality of emitters is replaceable to vary an amount of deliverable fluid by the zone by zone cycle.

主权项

1. A method of operating an irrigation system, the method comprising:
coupling lateral driplines to a main irrigation line; dividing each lateral dripline into multiple zones along a respective length thereof; providing each lateral driplines with replaceable emitters at each of the multiple zones; disposing controllable valves remotely from the emitters along the respective length of each lateral dripline at zone borders between each of the multiple zones with the emitters at each of the multiple zones non-inclusively between sequential controllable valves; and actuating the controllable valves to thereby activate corresponding emitters in the associated zones.