Case Study
Certa-Set® PVC Sprinkler System Outperforms Aluminum In Distribution Uniformity Test
CERTA-SET ® PVC SPRINKLER SYSTEM OUTPERFORMS ALUMINUM IN DISTRIBUTION UNIFORMITY TEST When Grimmway Farms, a prominent California vegetable grower, commissioned a test of the Certa-Set 3-inch Lateral PVC Agricultural Irrigation System by NAPCO, it sought to improve a process critical to helping its Dellis Ranch carrot farm achieve the highest level of plant quality, yield and water usage efficiency. CASE STUDY AGRICULTURAL IRRIATION Application: Agricultural Irrigation Project Type: Irrigation System Crop: Carrots Owner: Grimmway Farms Product Used: Certa-Set ® PVC Irrigation System Grower: Grimmway Farms CHALLENGE Distribution uniformity (DU) measures how evenly water soaks into the ground across a field. If six inches of water soaks into the ground in one part of a field