water Archives - Semilla Besada

Aquaponics

A quick apology! We sourced the photos in this blog a long time ago and have not noted the sources. If you are the owner of the photographs, please let us know so we can credit you properly and accept our apologies and gratitude for being our inspiration. On with the blog… Aquaponics refers toContinue reading “Aquaponics”

Swales and Water Harvesting Systems

Harvesting water was once a worldwide technology, but was replaced by tubes, drip-lines, canals, sprinklers; an inefficient and wasteful strategy that results in running dry. The local and global world water situation is becoming urgent. As humans in first world nations our consumption of natural resources is generating sufficient pollution and depletion, to damage and impair the healthyContinue reading “Swales and Water Harvesting Systems”

Irrigation

Thanks to the high altitude Sierra Nevada held southern Quaternary glaciers in Europe, as well as it happened during the little ice age. The Arabs implemented the acequia system canals, one of the first devices for artificial recharge of aquifers. A network of irrigation channels distributes water across the agricultural terraces and southern slopes. This redistribution and management of waterContinue reading “Irrigation”