3. Water Layer

For every enterprise, water availability is fixed. We need to optimize our use of what is available and employ the foundation layers of CLIMATE-1, GEOGRAPHY-2 and our capital to maximize the effectiveness of this critical resource.

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Handbook Outline

The sections of 3.Water are as follows:

Introduction to the Water Layer

ENTERPRISE CONTEXT:

3.01 – Applying the Water Layer
3.02 – Regulatory Frameworks

CATEGORIES OF WATER:

3.03 – Humid Landscapes
3.04 – Semi-arid Landscapes

HYDROLOGY:

3.05 – The Effects of Raindrop Impact
3.06 – Analyzing Your Part of the Catchment
3.07 – Reading Water in Your Landscape
3.08 – Keyline Landscape Zones
3.09 – ‘Basin of Relations’

QUANTITY:

3.10 – Needs and Supply

QUALITY:

3.11 – Testing and Monitoring

CONTROL:

3.12 – Drainage
3.13 – Collection from the Landscape
3.14 – Collection from Buildings/Structures

SOURCES:

3.15 – Streams
3.16 – Wells
3.17 – Bores
3.18 – Springs

STORAGE PLACEMENT:

3.19 – Tanks
3.20 – Dams

SMALL EARTH DAMS:

3.21 – Embankment Types
3.22 – Design
3.23 – Construction
3.24 – Lockpipe
3.25 – Overflow
3.26 – Trickle Pipe
3.27 – Thrust Block
3.28 – Liners
3.29 – Wildlife
3.30 – Silt Trap

TANKS:

3.31 – Steel
3.32 – Polymer
3.33 – Recycled
3.34 – Ferrocement
3.35 – Concrete

TREATMENT:

3.36 – Dissolved Solids
3.37 – Sand/Gravel
3.38 – Anaerobic
3.39 – Aerobic
3.40 – WET system
3.41 – Reverse Osmosis
3.42 – Magnetic
3.43 – Ultraviolet Light
3.44 – Chlorine

RETICULATION:

3.45 – Pipeline System Design
3.46 – Pumping Systems
3.47 – Livestock Water
3.48 – Pastures, Crops and Orchards

IRRIGATION:

3.49 – Keyline Flood
3.50 – ‘K-Line’
3.51 – Nursery
3.52 – Amphorae
3.53 – Drip
3.54 – Micro Sprinklers
3.55 – Sprinklers

FIRE PROTECTION:

3.56 – Fire Protection

RESTORATION:

3.57 – Riparian
3.58 – Valley Erosion
3.59 – Rip Rap

APPENDIX:
3.60 – Formulae & Conversions Appendices
References & Further Reading Glossary

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