Here is a thoroughly practical book for all those involved in the use of sprinkler irrigation.
Although written primarily for vocational students studying irrigation in developing countries, it should also be of interest to engineers and agriculturists at middle and professional levels working overseas, and to students at agricultural schools and farmers in the UK.
It provides practical information on a wide range of sprinkler systems from simple hand-moved equipment and spray-lines to the more sophisticated mobile raingun and centre-pivot machines. Reference is also made to more recent developments in the use of low-energy irrigation machines. Details are given about the efficient and safe use of this equipment in the field and how it should be maintained to provide long and useful service.
Chapters on the basic hydraulics of sprinklers, pipes and pumps are also included in a way that can be easily understood by those with limited technical or mathematical background. These are primarily to provide a working knowledge of how water is pumped, flows through pipes and is distributed by sprinklers rather than to explain the nuances of design.
Extensive use is made of diagrams and photographs to illustrate equipment and operating principles in order to try and overcome some of the difficulties that many students have studying English texts when this is not their first language.
