Controlling evaporation loss from water storages
Technical report
Title | Controlling evaporation loss from water storages |
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Report Type | Technical report |
Authors | Craig, Ian (Author), Green, Andrew (Author), Scobie, Michael (Author) and Schmidt, Erik (Author) |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Number of Pages | 226 |
Year | 2005 |
Publisher | University of Southern Queensland |
Place of Publication | Toowoomba, Australia |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.ncea.org.au/Evaporation%20Resources/index_files/Page1668.htm |
Abstract | [Executive Summary]: Evaporation losses from on-farm storage can potentially be large, particularly in irrigation areas in northern New South Wales and Queensland where up to 40% of storage volume can be lost each year to evaporation. Reducing evaporation from a water storage would allow additional crop production, water trading or water for the environment. While theoretical research into evaporation from storages has previously been undertaken there has been little evaluation of current evaporation mitigation technologies (EMTs) on commercial sized water storages. This project was initiated by the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Mines (NRM) with the express aim of addressing this gap in our knowledge. The report addressed i) assessment of the effectiveness of different EMT’s in reducing evaporation from commercial storages across a range of climate regions, ii) assessment of the practical and technical limitations of different evaporation control products, and iii) comparison of the economics of different EMT’s on water storages used for irrigation. |
Keywords | evaporation mitigation technologies (EMT) |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401999. Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy not elsewhere classified |
400513. Water resources engineering | |
Public Notes | NCEA report. Report No. 1000580/1. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y3q1/controlling-evaporation-loss-from-water-storages
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