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In laboratory and field tests, water conditioners fail to improve infiltration or prevent clogging

Author(s) -

J. W. Hopmans,

Lawrence J Schwankl,

S.R. Grattan,

Josh Gravenmier

Publication year - 1992

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v046n06p22

Subject(s) - clogging , infiltration (hvac) , drip irrigation , environmental science , irrigation , environmental engineering , waste management , materials science , composite material , agronomy , engineering , archaeology , biology , history

Three devices that physically treat irrigation water were tested in the laboratory and the field. Results of these experiments indicate these water conditioners were ineffective in increasing the infiltration rate of water into the soil or in preventing calcium carbonate precipitates from clogging drip emitters under the conditions in which they were tested.

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