Hydraulic and earth engineering – Drainage or irrigation – Having regulation of flow through channel
Patent
1999-02-23
2000-08-29
Lillis, Eileen D.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Drainage or irrigation
Having regulation of flow through channel
405 52, 47 661, 47 79, 47 101T, A01G 2516, E02B 1300
Patent
active
061098272
ABSTRACT:
The system includes a plurality of flood plains. Each flood plain contains a plurality of plants and each plant is held in a pot. The flood plains are excavated at different elevations from an upper most elevation to a lower most elevation. The flood plains are sequentially flooded for a resident time period with a selected volume of water directed from a water source. As the flood plains are excavated to different elevations, gravity, and a series of flood gates, control the water flow from one flood plain to a next lower flood plain. Each flood plain has a top surface and an underlying bed comprising a soil and clay composition. The surface of each bed is contoured to adequately drain water from one flood plain to the next. This clay mixture firms the bed to adequately support vehicles and laborers to prevent depressions in the bed which may adversely affect water flow in and out of a flood plain. Each of the flood plains is lined with a water impermeable membrane. The flood plains are also contoured to effectively drain water from one flood plain to the next. A water reclamation system is connected to the irrigation system. Water drained from the flood plains is collected in a retention pond and pumped to a holding pond. The water in the holding pond or reservoir is used to flood the irrigation field.
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Lillis Eileen D.
Maire David G.
Mayo Tara L.
Wolter Robert L.
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