Water Treatment for Agriculture


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Do Not Compromise On Water Quality

You need to meet the demands of the market and to do that you need to make sure that you are putting in place the processes to help you do that. While gunning to meet the rising demands of the market, you need to ensure that the quality is also maintained so that there is no difference in any of the products. One of the core ingredients that could compromise the quality of your product is water. To ensure that you are using water efficiently, you can use water treatment methods to enhance the quality of the water.

Cleanse The Water Of All The Contaminants

Most farmers’ water for agriculture comes from the ground, surface, or thoroughly treated water from the municipalities. However, the water quality has seen deterioration over the years owing to rising pollution. As a result, the water contaminates the quality of the produce, which no one wants. You have to consider that you are not wasting any water and that all the water is put to use in an efficient manner. The pesticides and other chemicals that are used and end up seeping into the water source underground. To tackle this issue we need to make sure that the water is free of all harmful contaminants before we use it.

Remove the pathogens from the water

Pathogens and other contaminants need to be removed so as to ensure that the water is safe to use. Also, farmers employ Integrated Pest Management Techniques to mitigate the impact of pesticides. When the farming season begins, farmers need to take several factors into consideration that could contaminate the water source, or head on over to Watson Wells to learn more. There are numerous factors that need to be taken into consideration such as:

  1. How much control does the farmer have over the water source?

  2. How protected is the water source?

  3. Are there any factories or anything else that could be contaminating the water source?

  4. If the farm is located downstream, then is there any chance that the water could be contaminated up the stream?

Chemical treatment of agricultural water was the only alternative in the original planned agricultural water regulation if the agricultural water was unsafe and unfit for sanitary use, and the situation was beyond the farmer’s control. By enabling farmers to alter their practices and continue to use surface water for irrigation without treating it, the FDA has provided some clarification and flexibility on this subject.

Treatment is generally the only option for farmers with water that exceeds the appropriate microbiological standard for non-irrigation purposes. There are several antibacterial substances that are recommended by the FDA that can be used to treat the water. Whatever chemical that the farmers opt to use to treat their water, has to be EPA-compliant. 

Ways you can treat your water

The following are some of the water treatment technologies used in agriculture:

Filtration

Biological Remediation

Mixing/Aeration

Ultrafiltration

Disinfection via Reverse Osmosis

In order to get a consultation on how you can get water treatment, we highly recommend heading on over to Watson Wells.