About this workshop
This workshop covers topics related to water supply assessment and quality, irrigation requirements and methods of water treatment and disinfestation in production nurseries.
Beginning with an illustration of the process for assessing the adequacy and quality of a nursery’s water supply, the workshop then investigates how to determine a nursery’s irrigation requirements. Participants will learn how to identify potential problems with various water sources and evaluate different methods of water treatment and filtration.
On completion of the workshop, participants will have the knowledge and skills to make considered value judgements about the most appropriate biological and chemical method to treat and disinfect nursery water.
Workshop outcomes
At the completion of the workshop participants will be able to:
- Assess the adequacy of a water resource
- Determine the impact of climate on irrigation requirements
- Examine and assess water supply
- Monitor water quality
- Identify the potential problems with various water sources
- Determine the factors that lead to irrigation systems becoming clogged
- Determine the appropriate biological and chemical treatments for water
- Describe the types of filtration suitable for nursery irrigation systems
- Explain the pre-treatment systems
- Identify non-chemical and chemical disinfestation systems
- Evaluate the main features of each disinfestation system
- Describe some of the costs involved with each system
Workshop outline
Water supply and irrigation requirements
- Climate assessment
- Evapotranspiration
- Water quality and testing
- Nursery irrigation requirements
Water treatment
- Water testing
- Treating storage water
- Mechanical water treatment-filtration
- Membrane filtration
- Treatment and filter selection
Water disinfestation
- Pre-treatment of recycled water
- Non-chemical and chemical water disinfestation treatments
- Cost comparison of treatment systems
Target audience
Production nursery staff engaged in activities relating to irrigation and water management, who have little knowledge of water supply, treatment or disinfestation. May include nursery personnel, business owners and production managers.
Workshop prerequisites
Participants should have completed the unit ‘Fundamentals of irrigation systems’ or have the equivalent knowledge, including an understanding of Mean Applications Rate ( MAR), Scheduling Coefficient (SC) and Crop Factors.
Participants are also required to bring water samples from their nursery to the workshop.
Session length
3 hours
CNP activity points
For more information
For more information about this workshop contact your state or territory Nursery & Garden Industry Association.
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