Irrigation

Irrigation, is a part of the sub-programme: Agricultural Engineering Services and is a specialised agricultural engineering service to our clients, as well as to all the Department’s research farms in the Western Cape.

The irrigation section provides advice and guidance to assist irrigators to use water more efficiently. These include the checking of irrigation system design and infield testing of irrigation systems to ascertain performance compliance.

The running of programmes to promote the effective use of water is a main priority of this section. Evaluation of available water resources for small farmer schemes and the design of irrigation systems for these farmers are also undertaken. These include water infrastructure planning, design and construction supervision.