Sustainable Management

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  • Sustainable Management
    • Smart Irrigation
      • sustainable method that provides crops with lower water levels at growth so they are less sensitive to the lack of water
      • same yield as normal but using less water e.g drip feeding water directly to the roots to reduce loss via evaporation
      • Australia - for fruit trees - 60% increase water productivity - retaining yield size and increase in fruit quality
    • Recycling water
      • Singapore - NEWater and importing water
        • 5.4 million population on 710 km of land - gets 2400mm of rain a year but limited collection and storage and has high evaporation
        • use local rainwater through drains, canals and storm water collection poiuts
        • NEWater scheme - treats and purifies water producing high grade recycled water
          • 4 plants meeting 30% of countries needs - plans to increase to 50% by 2060
        • agreement until 2061 to import water from Malaysia
        • desalination plants
    • Sand Dams, Kenya
      • sand is trapped behind a 1m high dam - water is trapped in sand
      • sand stops the water evaporating when its hot - locals can extract the water using wells, holes and using  taps
      • advantages - cheap to make, local materials, little maintenance, height can be increased, water recharges whole area meaning more vegetation, can be self sufficient by locals

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