©2009 Rainforest Alliance
Session 8:
Session 8:
Using water
Using water
rationally
rationally
Session 8:
Session 8:
Using water
Using water
rationally
rationally
Language: English
Language: EnglishLanguage: EnglishLanguage: English
Version: 2011
Version: 2011Version: 2011Version: 2011
Corresponding principle:
Principle 4. Water conservation
Corresponding principle: Principle 4.
Do you use water on your farm?
• Irrigation of the farm
• Irrigation of the nursery
• Houses
• Pack house
• Coffee mill
Wasting water
• Leakages from the equipment
• Irrigation by flooding the field
• Loss by evaporation
• Over-irrigation
etc.
Corresponding criterion:
4.3
Corresponding criterion:
If you continue wasting water…
• Ground water getting exhausted
• Stream dried up
• Wells dried up
• Fixing leakages
• Monitoring how much water you are using
• Observing your soil, and apply only the
necessary quantity
Reducing the use of water
Corresponding criterion: 4.3Corresponding criterion:
Reducing the use of water
• Using an irrigation system that economize
water (e.g. drip irrigation)
• Getting a legal permit for extraction
criterion: 4.1, 4.2
criterion:
4.1, 4.2
Drip
irrigation Flood
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Recycling water
Corresponding criterion:4.1
Corresponding criterion:
4.1
Optional videos
You can find the following optional videos as “Attachments” to this course.
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Spanish)
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Collecting rain water
• For domestic use, irrigation etc.
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Summary
Fixing leakages
Fixing leakages
Monitoring your water
use
Monitoring your water
use
Reduce the irrigation based on the soil
condition
Reduce the irrigation based on the soil
condition
Irrigation system that economize
water
Irrigation system that economizes
water
Getting a legal permit for extraction Getting a legal
permit for extraction Collecting rain
water
