ʻO kahi hoʻokolokolo hou, alakaʻi ʻia e ka UK Laboratory Innovative Farmers kahua kahua a i kālā kālā ʻia e AHDB, e noiʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka wai paʻakai kiʻekiʻe no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kaʻuala, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻoulu wai drip.
ʻO ka Irrigation kahi mea e pono ai no ka hana ʻana i ka uala maikaʻi, keu hoʻi i nā wahi maloʻo (e like me Holbeach Marsh ma UK), e like me ka hōʻike nūpepa mai ka AHDB. A i ka wā e hiki mai ana, e hoʻonui wale ana ka mea nui o ka wai hoʻoheheʻe no kēia mau ʻāina. Ma muli o nā wānana anilā, manaʻo ka AHDB e lilo ka heleleʻi i ʻoi aku o ke kaulike ʻole a kuhi ʻole ʻole, e hoʻomau ʻia ka salinization ʻana o nā mālama wai honua, e alakaʻi ana i nā pilikia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai hou a me nā hopena o kaʻuala.
Me kēia mau mea i ka noʻonoʻo, ke nānā nei nā mea kanu kūloko e ʻimi i nā ʻano irrigation hou i hiki ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai (ʻoiai e mālama ana i ka hua) a mai hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka olakino o ka lepo.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mea kanu ʻuala mai Nene Potato Ltd e hoʻāʻo i ka hoʻoinu ʻana i nā mea kanu me ka wai paʻakai kiʻekiʻe. Makemake nā mahiʻai i nā ʻano kī nui ʻelua: ka hopena o nā paʻakai ma ka lepo a me ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu ke hoʻoinu ʻia me ka wai me kahi paʻakai kiʻekiʻe.
E hoʻokō ʻia nā hoʻokolohua ma nā kahua ʻelima me nā ʻano like ʻole: Pūnaewele A: Kahe wai drip me ka wai salinity kiʻekiʻe (2000ppm); Māhele B: Kahe wai drip me ka wai piula (400 ppm); Māhele C: Kahe wai drip me ka wai salinity haʻahaʻa (950 ppm); Pūnaewele D: ʻaʻohe ʻauwai; Kahi E: ʻO ka wai i hoʻoulu ʻia me ka wai salinity haʻahaʻa (950 ppm).
Ma muli o nā hopena o nā hoʻāʻo, e kālailai ʻia ana ka moku o ka lepo ma nā pūnaewele āpau a e hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea hōʻike i nā hua. E loaʻa nā hopena ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka Innovative Farmers kahi pūnaewele lālā waiwai ʻole no nā mahiʻai ma UK. Mālama ka pūnaewele i kahi pūnaewele ma https://innovativefarmers.org/.